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26 Jan 21
Covid-19 financial pressures for local authorities in England totalled £10.8bn during 2020, as forecast pressures for 2020-21 rose to £12.5bn, according to latest returns submitted to government.
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22 Jan 21
With developing countries increasingly rejecting waste from the West, local authorities face mounting financial challenges on meeting their recycling targets
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22 Jan 21
Luton Borough Council is predicting a further £30m hit in lost dividend income from Luton Airport over the next two years due to Covid-19, on top of a £16m gap this financial year.
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22 Jan 21
MPs have warned that the financial sustainability of some local authorities presents a “significant risk” to the government's finances, and urged the swift implementation of the Redmond review into...
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21 Jan 21
Reading Borough Council has approved plans to move £11m of land assets to its housing revenue account as part of a major regeneration project.
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20 Jan 21
Former CIPFA president Sir Tony Redmond is to chair Nottingham City Council’s improvement board as part of the authority’s recovery plan.
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18 Jan 21
Councils in England are set to receive an additional £120m in adult social care funding from central government to help boost staffing levels in care homes.
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16 Jan 21
Local government secretary Robert Jenrick has announced plans which would allow the public to convert unused buildings into new housing.
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14 Jan 21
London Borough of Croydon is likely to lend more money to its cash-strapped housing company Brick by Brick, it has revealed.
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14 Jan 21
The cyber attack on the London Borough of Hackney will divert resources that could be better spent on the authority’s Covid-19 response for months to come, says director of finance and resources Ian...
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13 Jan 21
A 'back to the future' approach for local government audit is not realistic, according to Steve Freer, chairman of audit oversight body Public Sector Audit Appointments.
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12 Jan 21
Labour leader Keir Starmer has called on the government to back local authorities and prevent council tax rises to ease pressure on families.
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12 Jan 21
A proposed 9.5% council tax rise for the Greater London Authority council tax precept now rests on approval from ministers.
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11 Jan 21
Somerset County Council is to write to the prime minister Boris Johnson refuting claims by a county MP that the authority incorrectly used Covid-19 grant funding to balance its books.
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8 Jan 21
Wirral Council has spent £2m on purchasing the former Birkenhead House of Fraser store as part of its regeneration plans.
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8 Jan 21
As thoughts return to the climate change crisis, CIPFA is exploring a green future for the public finance sector
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8 Jan 21
November's single-year Spending Review implies future cuts to unprotected departments in the coming year, while tax rises seem the only option to pay down Covid-19 debt.
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7 Jan 21
Jonathan Carr-West, chief executive of the Local Government Information Unit, examines the potential financial impacts for councils of the post-Brexit agreement between the UK and European Union.
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5 Jan 21
Cash-strapped London Borough of Croydon will not need to issue a third section 114 notice this financial year, after advice from CIPFA.
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5 Jan 21
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a grant funding package worth up to £4.6bn to be allocated by councils, to help keep businesses in Britain afloat following the third national lockdown.
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4 Jan 21
The High Court has granted permission for a judicial review into the legality of Local Government Pension Scheme exit payment cap regulations.
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22 Dec 20
Local authorities have shown they can keep services running, whatever is thrown at them
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21 Dec 20
Core funding for councils in England is set to be 3% lower in real terms per head next year than in 2015-2016, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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18 Dec 20
The recent restrictions imposed on borrowing from the Public Works Loan Board will make budget management in the medium term more challenging, ratings agency Moody’s has said.
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18 Dec 20
Local government secretary Robert Jenrick is to appoint an expert panel to help address “appalling” financial management issues at Nottingham City Council, following a government rapid review.