Security is vital for local authority investments and that means managing the range of risks entailed. CIPFA’s recent study shows what councils are doing to protect their funds
Government plans to give councils control of business rates include ‘perverse incentives’ that could slow down the approval of commercial developments in future years, the Centre for Cities has...
MPs and councillors have put out to consultation a draft code that aims to confirm councils’ statutory powers and their independence from central government.
As the UK feels the pain of the harshest austerity package since the war, don’t expect any letup in George Osborne’s March Budget. Better get used to the new normal, says Tony Travers
Finance directors’ fears are mounting over how their councils will be able to run services effectively and balance their books in the medium term, a CIPFA survey reveals.
English councils are considering issuing small local bonds to raise funds for essential capital projects, according to the New Local Government Network.
The Accounts Commission has ordered an inquiry into a controversial deal whereby the chief of Scotland’s biggest fire brigade was able to return to post just weeks after retiring
Doctors and other health professionals will be given control of almost £65bn of English NHS spending from next year if the government’s controversial reforms go ahead, according to Department for...
The £250m fund to help councils maintain or return to weekly waste collections is now open for business, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has announced.
The government has finalised the amount that councils will have to pay to take control of council house rents in their area, with payments lower than originally planned.
Whole Place is the new Total Place, as community budgeting helps both town halls and Whitehall free up their fiscal thinking. So are the chances of joined-up spending better or worse in an era of...
The Welsh auditor general has criticised a climate of informality and failure to effectively challenge decision-making at Pembrokeshire County Council.
