The public increasingly having its “ear to the ground” on local issues has led to financially failing council administrations being punished at the ballot box, experts have said following the latest...
Significant concerns over governance have led external auditors for the London Borough of Croydon to issue statutory recommendations, including that the authority shows how its 15% council tax rise...
Over-reliance on falling commercial income and high debt mean Woking Borough Council is “in the territory” of needing to issue a section 114 notice and has already stopped non-essential spending.
Two struggling local authorities are set to request the government’s permission to raise council tax rate by more than the normal limit without triggering a local referendum.
Thurrock Council’s decision to issue a section 114 notice is a necessary step to ensuring exceptional government support, commissioners appointed to turn around the authority have said.
Two county councils could issue section 114 notices “within the next year or so” as they struggle with high inflation and rising service demand without additional funding.
Failing to agree a new funding settlement with the government could leave Transport for London at risk of issuing a section 114 notice and having to stop all non-essential spending, its finance...
Crisis-hit Nottingham City Council has come out against government plans to appoint a commissioner to oversee the authority following unlawful spending, saying it has made “solid progress” on...
The London Borough of Croydon has pledged to carry out a deep dive into its finances to get a greater understanding of the risks it faces as it attempts to improve its long-term stability.
A chief finance officer at a council in the north of England did not rule out issuing further section 114 notices over potentially unlawful spending, having already issued one last month.
A county council in the north of England has issued a Section 114 notice over unlawful spending on commercial ventures and additional payments to its chief executive.
Slough Borough Council says it needs a minimum of £479m in support from central government – a figure it claims could rise much higher if it fails to meet “challenging” savings targets.
Crisis-hit Slough Borough Council has asked central govenment for £270m of financing flexibilities to help address historic deficits and reduce debts next year.
Copeland Borough Council is at risk of issuing a section 114 notice unless it receives further exceptional support, according to a government-commissioned review.
The government has appointed two senior local government officials as commissioners to oversee the financial recovery of cash-strapped Slough Borough Council, following two critical independent...
The London Borough of Croydon has appointed its fourth finance director in less than three years, as the council strives to improve its financial situation.
Crisis-hit Slough Borough Council is unlikely to recover £10m of “inappropriately authorised loans” for the removal of cladding at an authority-owned tower block, ...
Slough Borough Council will need to recoup hundreds of millions of pounds from property sales to help fill a budget deficit following this month’s Section 114 notice, according to its finance chief.