Proposals released today putting a greater emphasis on quality in the awarding of local government audit contracts would see fees rise if adopted, according to an expert.
The lack of a multi-year funding settlement for local government has left Hampshire County Council with a £80m shortfall in the next two years, it says.
Government inspectors pulled no punches in their final assessment of Northamptonshire County Council’s management in the run up to their intervention in May 2018. Read their full list of 13...
City of Edinburgh Council will progress with a £30m housing pilot which could see former council homes sold back to the authority to cover essential repairs.
A new mechanism is needed to provide the government and public with an early warning system prior to the publishing of section 114 notices, Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier told PF.
Transport for London’s short-term outlook has been revised from negative to stable, due to government pledges to support the network's income pressures, according to ratings agency Standard and Poor’...
Five-year business plans by a new oversight body, Great British Railways, will inform government decisions on funding for the rail sector under a shake-up of the system announced by the government.
Around half of Local Government Pensions Scheme assets have been transferred to investment pools, despite a dip due to Covid-19, a senior civil servant said.
The government actuary’s assumptions on life expectancy will be critical in assessing the costs for the Local Government Pensions Scheme coming as it emerges from Covid-19, according to an industry...
A combination of pressures from Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic could squeeze city council revenues and put more pressure on budgets, according to ratings agency Standard and Poor’s.
Torbay Council proposes borrowing at least £45m to lend to a recently-created housing subsidiary, to help boost the number of affordable homes in the borough.
The London Borough of Newham has approved plans to spend hundreds of millions of pounds in the next three years to regenerate and add to its housing stock.
Former prime minister David Cameron defended supply chain finance as a way of reducing cost of public service provision, as he faced questions from MPs on the lobbying scandal.
The London Borough Croydon has proposed reprofiling a £69.2m arts centre refurbishment as capital spending, after council subsidiary Brick by Brick was “unable” to fund the project.
