London’s Croydon Council cannot balance its 2023-24 budget without help from the government, its Section 151 officer has said as she issued the authority’s third Section 114 notice in 24 months.
Second home-owners in North Yorkshire will pay twice as much council tax once powers in the Levelling Up Bill are put into law, in a move the council has said could prove “transformational” for the...
The Autumn Statement heralds difficult times, but councils will show the same determination they always have, writes partnership working expert and local authority trading company chief executive...
Powers allowing councils to raise additional revenues locally, as hinted at by levelling up secretary Michael Gove, could come hand-in-hand with a reduction in grant funding, an expert has warned.
The Autumn Statement will herald tough times for public services as they struggle with high inflation, increasing demand and constrained funding, CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman has said.
Ministers should consider scrapping the final round of the Levelling up Fund and use the money to provide funding to current projects that risk being cut because of inflation, an expert has told MPs.
Any coming cuts to council budgets in the Autumn Statement will probably lead to false economies that cost more in the long term, just like they have in the past, writes Jim McManus, president of the...
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.
A proposed temporary override to financial reporting on councils’ infrastructure has been welcomed by the sector as an opportunity to take a step back and sort out one of the major problems facing...
Children’s care leaders are concerned next week’s Autumn Statement could bring further austerity, forcing them to cut preventative services in a “false economy” leading to higher costs and worse...
The “inefficient” competitive bidding processes for transport funding should be replaced with a block grant system to ensure improvements are made, a House of Lords Committee has said.
Fears of piling more pressure onto residents during the cost-of-living crisis have led Leicester City Council to scrap a proposed levy on workplace parking, but the council has warned that doing so...
The government fears Liverpool City Council faces “substantial” challenges to its finances, and has appointed a finance commissioner to help get the authority back on track.
The collapse of Bolsover District Council’s preferred building contractor has led to the authority setting up a wholly owned company to continue its development ambitions.
No service will remain unaffected by the challenges ahead and there is no one-size-fits-all solution, but an organisation-wide approach is a good start.
External auditors for Redditch Borough Council have issued a statutory recommendation over the authority’s failure to submit its statement of accounts on time.
Councils in the UK entered the cost-of-living crisis in a “solid” financial position due to central government funding, and this position will help the sector in the difficult times to come, a...
