Scottish councils have defended their use of funds set aside for emergencies to pay for essential services after new figures showed general fund reserves would dip below £1bn next year.
With the date for the UK’s departure from the EU approaching local authorities are drawing up contingency plans. But do they have the cash to fund them? Dominic Brady investigates.
Northamptonshire council and Public Health England have agreed that £8m will to be reinvested in public health services following a row over misspent grant, the local authority has confirmed....
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council spent 25% of its usable reserves last financial year as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire, figures out today have revealed.
Northamptonshire County Council has accepted the findings of a government-commissioned report that it should be split up and two new unitary councils created.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is planning to consult on a statutory override to aspects of a new accounting rule intended to improve the financial reporting of investments.
Local authorities in England are struggling to cope with higher demands and cost pressures, according to a report from the National Audit Office out today.
After a period of growth, are council reserves beginning to dip into the danger zone? PF’s Emily Twinch looks at where the pressures are and what is behind them.
Councils must remember keeping ‘reasonable’ levels of rainy day reserves are vital in helping them stay afloat during these times of financial constraint, says CIPFA's Rob Whiteman....
The debate over council reserves hasn’t gone away since Eric Pickles left the Department for Communities and Local Government. But council leaders are beginning to strike back.
