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23 Jul 20
Local government secretary Robert Jenrick has hinted that the government could introduce council tax and business rate reimbursement schemes to help local authorities deal with the financial...
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26 May 20
Spelthorne Borough Council has received 90% of its March quarter rent due on its commercial assets, despite the economic disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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14 Apr 20
The framework governing capital investment by local authorities has been tested to breaking point by councils borrowing cheaply to invest in commercial property, according to a recent NAO report.
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30 Mar 20
Local council accounting requirements are set to be simplified to the ease burden on local authorities during the coronavirus pandemic.
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25 Mar 20
Lending between councils has dropped as councils look to keep hold of cash due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, according to treasury adviser Arlingclose.
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4 Oct 19
Councils should be doing more to cut carbon emissions and tackle climate change, according to a campaign group, as it released research on local authorities’ green credentials.
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13 Sep 19
Focusing on residents as the primary users of local authority accounts can bring transparency and clarity and drive better decision-making, says Newham council’s Conrad Hall.
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8 Mar 19
CIPFA’s Jo Pitt and Chris Brain advise local authorities on drawing up their capital strategies.
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4 Mar 19
Councils in England have spent £115m of money raised from property sales on funding redundancies, analysis has revealed.
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15 Feb 19
Spelthorne Borough Council will drop its controversial commercial property investment strategy to focus on housebuilding.
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8 Feb 19
A Rochdale Borough Council worker has been jailed for using his job to defraud the local authority of £80,000.
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19 Nov 18
The rising number of children in care places “huge demand” on councils and reinforces the need for greater funding for children’s services, council leaders have said.
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7 Nov 18
A PF snapshot survey has revealed 93% of councils across England are planning to borrow more against their housing revenue account now the cap has been lifted.
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28 Sep 18
More than 1,000 head teachers from across England marched today and delivered a letter to the chancellor to convey their concerns about the state of school funding.