After a period of growth, are council reserves beginning to dip into the danger zone? PF’s Emily Twinch looks at where the pressures are and what is behind them.
Councils must remember keeping ‘reasonable’ levels of rainy day reserves are vital in helping them stay afloat during these times of financial constraint, says CIPFA's Rob Whiteman....
Heavy snowfalls have forced councils across the country to deal with blocked roads, closed schools, abandoned refuse collection rounds and emergency help for rough sleepers.
The latest analysis of Scottish local government finances has shown that education and social work accounted for the bulk of council spending last financial year.
Allowing local authorities to retain business rates exposes them to risk if revenues fall. Neil Amin-Smith of the IFS considers how this risk might play out between county and district councils - and...
Northamptonshire County Council is the only local authority giving the Department of Health and Social Care concern about its ability to deliver statutory care responsibilities, a group of MPs heard.
Just over 95% of councils across England will raise council tax next year and bills are set for the biggest increases in 14 year, according to CIPFA’s annual survey released today.
Stricken Northamptonshire County Council is planning to impose further budgets cuts and has been told that its adult care service is close to being unsafe.
Local authorities are struggling to take a holistic view of education provision in their areas because of the high proportion of secondary schools that have converted to academies, according to...
The first tranche of a fund aimed at speeding up planning decisions will be £15.8m, spread among 68 projects, housing minister Dominic Raab has announced.
The South West could be hit harder than other parts of England when the UK leaves the EU, according to panel members at a one-off Brexit discussion convened by CIPFA in Bristol.
Scottish councils have called for greater certainty over local government funding in the future to allow them to deal with long term pressures such as pay.
The government will send a commissioner into Buckinghamshire County Council’s children’s services after the department was branded ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted.
