Senior consultant at CIPFA Mark Williams clears up what the Prudential Code for Capital Finance in Local Authorities means for councils, and why the institute updated the framework last year.
Hybrid working arrangements will allow East Hampshire District Council to downsize its office, costing £1.7m but with the promise of saving nearly twice that in the coming decade.
South Somerset District Council is set to reprofile a regeneration project amid fears the authority could be forced to give the money back to the government.
Local authorities need additional central government funding to cover the cost of inflation and care needs to save the sector from “the brink of collapse”, a parliamentary committee has warned.
The government has closed a loophole that might have allowed councils to use capital receipts to fund revenue costs relating to workforce and service reforms while retaining some kind of ownership of...
A wage dispute between Coventry City Council and unionised refuse workers has cost the authority £4m and caused seven months of “disappointing delays”.
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council is set to terminate a private finance initiative contract early to help slim down its office portfolio and deliver savings.
Whether local enterprise partnerships are integrated into local authorities immediately or in the future, post-levelling-up, a seamless transition will be essential.
Councils and the government have agreed a devolution deal for York and North Yorkshire that would create a new mayoral combined authority backed with more than half a billion pounds of long-term...
Scottish local government leaders have rejected claims from a union that they missed a crucial meeting to discuss the 2022-23 pay offer amid looming industrial action.
Sheffield City Council’s finance director has warned the authority might struggle to deliver this year’s budget because the £25m of reserves it set aside to meet overspends has been “essentially...
Liverpool City Council’s failure to renew an electricity contract promptly could have cost the authority £7.5m more than if it had extended earlier, an independent report has found.
The children’s care sector needs a workforce strategy to improve services and conditions for staff, with the regulator labelling the situation “more urgent than ever”.
The government could give commissioners at Slough Borough Council new powers after they expressed concern over how “hands-on” they have had to be while trying to help the authority turn itself around.
Liverpool City Council has been warned that failing to meet in-year cut targets will put pressure on future budgets, harming the authority’s medium-term financial stability.
The finance chief at Leeds City Council has predicted that more workers could come into the office once temperatures start to drop if their rising household energy bills mean they would save money by...
Councils will not be able to fix recruitment and retention issues afflicting social care services if they do not have enough money to ensure staff are paid properly, MPs have warned.
Nottinghamshire County Council prevented two attempted incidents of cyber fraud in 2021-22, saving the authority more than half a million pounds, it has emerged.
Councils in England could receive grants to offset landfill tax costs when redeveloping brownfield and contaminated land, in a move the government hopes could help transform underused and derelict...
A coastal council in the south of England has paused its plans to sell valuable beach huts amid discussions with the government over £54m of financing flexibilities, it has emerged.
Debt-ridden Slough Borough Council has decided to sell three pieces of land owned by a joint-venture company because it believes developing them would add too much to its already-high borrowing.
