Councils still do not know what upcoming waste collection reforms will mean for them, delaying investment and teeing up a procurement rush once details are announced, the Public Accounts Committee...
PF speaks with Darren Baxter, principal policy adviser for housing and land at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, to discuss the options for dealing with the unsustainable use of temporary accommodation...
Signing off the mounting backlog of historical local authority audits could take up to five years as capacity issues restrict progress, an expert has told PF .
English councils have been asked again by the government not to pursue four-day working week pilots in “any format” as Whitehall commits to “exploring other measures” to prevent the practice.
More than 900 local authority audit opinions are outstanding and the government must take urgent action to clear the swelling backlog, Public Sector Audit Appointments has said.
Not reducing a forecast £6.1m overspend this year would fully deplete the risk reserve at Derby City Council and put financial stability at risk, officers have said.
A “completely broken” local government funding system has put 21 councils at risk of issuing Section 114 notices this year and next, the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities has warned.
Business support and economic growth could be at risk if councils struggle to manage the functions of Local Enterprise Partnerships, an expert has warned.
Scores of officers and councillors have raised concerns over relationship issues, which put a council’s ability to deliver services at risk, researchers have warned.
Reintroducing sanctions such as financial penalties for errant councillors is “vital” and would bring the system more in line with the standards regime for officers, CIPFA chief executive Rob...
Unscrupulous landlords are profiting from expensive and poor-quality housing for vulnerable people because fragmented regulations and a lack of official data have allowed them to get away with it, a...
Public sector standards-setters should look to industry when developing sustainable reporting rules or risk lagging even further behind on climate reporting, CIPFA has warned.
Low capacity in council finance teams and the failure to deal with historic accounting issues mean the current September audit deadline is unlikely to be met, local auditors Grant Thornton have...
