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29 Jul 22
Liverpool City Council’s failure to renew an electricity contract promptly could have cost the authority £7.5m more than if it had extended earlier, an independent report has found.
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15 Jun 22
A council in the south of England is set to reverse a decision to terminate an energy contract, after its supplier’s link to the Russian government ended.
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13 Jun 22
An English council is set to terminate a property management joint venture after an independent review found the business offered “limited value” to the authority.
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13 Jun 22
A council in south-west England will scale back a town centre regeneration project in the face of rising construction costs.
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8 Jun 22
A council in East Anglia has warned it may ask dozens of care providers to “leave the market” if they are unable to meet new care quality targets.
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30 May 22
Liverpool City Council agreed a software contract extension just hours before its current agreement expired, the authority has confirmed.
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26 May 22
The government is set to amend legislation so that local authorities can exit contracts with Russian companies, ensuring public funds do not contribute to the nation’s “barbaric war machine”.
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9 May 22
Liverpool City Council is set to pay a further £4.5m for its electricity this year, after delays meant it failed to agree a contract before its supplier suspended commercial services.
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6 May 22
Public bodies must learn the lessons from Covid-19 to ensure that clear audit trails exist for all procurement decisions.
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22 Apr 22
External auditors for Herefordshire Council have criticised its contract management, after it emerged the authority has traded with a dormant company.
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5 Apr 22
Essex County Council is set to invest £1m to help improve its cyber security, after experts warned of heightened risks of Russian interference in public bodies.
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1 Apr 22
External auditors have criticised North Norfolk District Council' weak internal control measures and failing to comply with its financial regulations over the commissioning of an independent review.
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29 Mar 22
Guidance released today advises public bodies to exit contracts with Russian suppliers, but PF has learnt that local authorities might have to wait until after Easter until they get legal powers to...
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15 Mar 22
Councils in England have urged the government to consider removing licences for energy providers linked to help them exit contracts, PF understands.
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15 Mar 22
Leeds City Council's energy bill is set to soar by almost 40% in 2022-23, due to market volatility, it has emerged.
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3 Mar 22
Local government legislation restricting the role of politics in procurement decision-making provide a tough hurdle for councils hoping to ending contracts with Russian energy giant...
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3 Mar 22
At least 12 UK public bodies – including eight local authorities – have major active energy supply contracts with Russian energy company Gazprom as the sole supplier, PF research...
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19 Nov 21
Cambridgeshire County Council breached European Union procurement laws on two separate occasions in its 2017-18 accounts, auditors have concluded.
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27 Jul 21
Internal auditors have criticised governance at a South Wales council after it awarded a contract to a charity linked to members.
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29 Mar 21
The procurement challenges ushered in by Covid-19 will not go away even if lower infection rates allow society to get back to some degree of normality, says Mohamed Hans.
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19 Feb 21
The University of Stirling is launching a major new research project examining how local authorities procured goods, works and services during Covid-19.
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16 Oct 20
John Penrose, the government’s anti-corruption champion, on how the government is tackling scammers looking to exploit the coronavirus pandemic.
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9 Sep 20
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has relaunched a £75m procurement project after the original project was cancelled after the council highlighted “structural flaws”.
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19 Aug 20
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has cancelled a £75m fire procurement project after an internal review identified a number of “structural flaws”.
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21 Jul 20
John Tizard calls for a moratorium on Covid-related government procurement without Parliamentary approval until questions on process are resolved.
29 Jul 22Liverpool City Council’s failure to renew an electricity contract promptly could have cost the authority £7.5m more than if it had extended earlier, an independent report has found.
15 Jun 22A council in the south of England is set to reverse a decision to terminate an energy contract, after its supplier’s link to the Russian government ended.
13 Jun 22An English council is set to terminate a property management joint venture after an independent review found the business offered “limited value” to the authority.
13 Jun 22A council in south-west England will scale back a town centre regeneration project in the face of rising construction costs.
8 Jun 22A council in East Anglia has warned it may ask dozens of care providers to “leave the market” if they are unable to meet new care quality targets.
30 May 22Liverpool City Council agreed a software contract extension just hours before its current agreement expired, the authority has confirmed.
26 May 22The government is set to amend legislation so that local authorities can exit contracts with Russian companies, ensuring public funds do not contribute to the nation’s “barbaric war machine”.
9 May 22Liverpool City Council is set to pay a further £4.5m for its electricity this year, after delays meant it failed to agree a contract before its supplier suspended commercial services.
6 May 22Public bodies must learn the lessons from Covid-19 to ensure that clear audit trails exist for all procurement decisions.
22 Apr 22External auditors for Herefordshire Council have criticised its contract management, after it emerged the authority has traded with a dormant company.
5 Apr 22Essex County Council is set to invest £1m to help improve its cyber security, after experts warned of heightened risks of Russian interference in public bodies.
1 Apr 22External auditors have criticised North Norfolk District Council' weak internal control measures and failing to comply with its financial regulations over the commissioning of an independent review.
29 Mar 22Guidance released today advises public bodies to exit contracts with Russian suppliers, but PF has learnt that local authorities might have to wait until after Easter until they get legal powers to...
15 Mar 22Councils in England have urged the government to consider removing licences for energy providers linked to help them exit contracts, PF understands.
15 Mar 22Leeds City Council's energy bill is set to soar by almost 40% in 2022-23, due to market volatility, it has emerged.
19 Nov 21Cambridgeshire County Council breached European Union procurement laws on two separate occasions in its 2017-18 accounts, auditors have concluded.
27 Jul 21Internal auditors have criticised governance at a South Wales council after it awarded a contract to a charity linked to members.
19 Feb 21The University of Stirling is launching a major new research project examining how local authorities procured goods, works and services during Covid-19.
16 Oct 20John Penrose, the government’s anti-corruption champion, on how the government is tackling scammers looking to exploit the coronavirus pandemic.
21 Jul 20John Tizard calls for a moratorium on Covid-related government procurement without Parliamentary approval until questions on process are resolved.
