The government has only met its target to show debt will fall by “pretending” certain measures, including the fuel duty freeze, will end this year, economists at the Institute for Fiscal Studies have...
Councils are likely to receive an above-inflation funding settlement for 2024-25, a senior civil servant has said amid sector-wide concerns over resources.
Soaring demand for adult and children’s care and a “fundamental structural problem” with funding have created a forecast budget gap of £100m in 2024-25 and led Somerset Council to declare a financial...
An unaddressed “structural” budget deficit and a lack of usable reserves mean Birmingham City Council must make £200m of cuts in the next two years, casting doubt over its ability to set a lawful...
South Cambridgeshire District Council has reacted angrily to the government seeking greater oversight of its four-day working week pilot, which the authority’s leader said is delivering savings.
Growing costs of supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities are creating huge deficits in school budgets and could force some councils to issue Section 114 notices, a senior...
Below-inflation funding and “consistently high” spending pressures have weakened the financial flexibility of councils and contributed to the credit rating downgrade of five authorities by Moody’s.
Mayoral combined authorities and sustainable local government funding could be critical to reducing regional inequalities, according to a report drawing on interviews with former ministers and senior...
Elevated inflation and “intensifying” demand for temporary accommodation will force authorities to cut services amid a forecast £550m overspend this year, the District Councils’ Network has warned.
There is an urgent need to improve finance skills in order to understand and manage financial risks at a council in levelling up secretary Michael Gove’s constituency, the Local Government...
Growing confidence in UK policymaking in the year following the mini-budget has prompted ratings agency Moody’s to revise its credit outlook for the UK back to ‘stable’.
Additional funding to maintain and improve the NHS estate would play an important role in improving performance and productivity and stop staff working around a huge backlog, researchers have said.
Continued strong progress on reforms aimed at delivering financial stability and improving governance could see the improvement panel at the London Borough of Croydon exit within two years.
Continued high demand following more than a decade of funding cuts could put outer-London boroughs at risk of issuing Section 114 notices in the next 12 months, a senior officer has said.
