The Welsh auditor general has urged local authorities to ensure they have effective financial management arrangements in place after his annual audit review revealed that performance had slipped back
Town halls have warned that they face having to impose further cuts to council tax support schemes after the grant to pay for them was merged into general funding by the government
Reforms to local government finance to allow councils to retain half of business rate growth have increased the level of financial risk faced by town halls, an analysis of the changes has found.
The Department for Communities and Local Government has pledged to address Whitehall barriers holding up neighbourhood Community Budgets, a senior figure in the rollout of the initiative has revealed
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has issued new Whitehall bin guidance to every council in England, urging town halls to support weekly rubbish collections
The UK’s transport networks remain vulnerable to disruption from periods of adverse winter weather, which could hit economic growth, MPs have warned today
Nearly two-thirds of Scots would be willing to pay more in council tax if the money raised was guaranteed to boost local services like schools and adult social care, a poll has found
The government has written to councils to confirm the Bellwin compensation scheme to support areas hit by flooding has been activated, and ministers also called for assurances that town halls are...
Councils in the north of England should receive a funding increase if they succeed in boosting local employment under new agreements with government, a think-tank has said.
A government top-slice of council funding for early intervention projects could lead to cuts in services intended to protect vulnerable children, authorities have warned today
The government has been urged to provide extra funding to councils that experience an increase in the local population once European freedom of movement restrictions on Romanian and Bulgarian workers...
Councils in England generated a surplus of nearly £600m from parking charges in 2012/13, up 5% from the year before, according to a report published today
Bailiffs appointed by local authorities to recover council tax debt have used threats of force to enter people’s homes, and town halls have not been effectively monitoring their actions, the Citizens...
The Office for National Statistics has today revised up its public sector borrowing estimate for the financial year so far by £2.6bn, meaning the government’s deficit reduction plan only saved £1.9bn...
The amount of central government funding for local authorities in England is to fall by more than 9% next year – three times the reduction in spending power announced by ministers, CIPFA figures have...
A £200m government allocation to allow councils to use money raised from asset sales to improve public services will be distributed on a competitive basis, local government minister Brandon Lewis has...
CIPFA is examining ways to improve public financial management by developing a method of measuring spending across all public services in different areas of the country.
Council funding will be cut by nearly 3% in England from next April, but authorities in London and metropolitan areas will face reductions of more than 4%, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has...
Local authorities in England are to share in an additional £2.35bn in capital funding over three years to help them create the extra school places that will be needed by 2017, Education Secretary...
London boroughs have agreed a plan to merge £20bn of pension fund assets into a singe investment vehicle in a bid to cut costs and improve investment returns.
More than half of the cost of meeting the pay claim made by local government trade unions would be recouped through higher revenues for the Treasury, a study has found.
The communities and local government select committee has launched an inquiry into pay and rewards for senior council officers, which will examine how remuneration packages are decided.
People born in the 1960s and 1970s are the first post-war generation that will be no better off than their parents, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said today
