Boris Johnson’s ministers rushed out a series of announcements that will impact on local government finances in the final three days of his leadership.
Government-appointed commissioners helping Slough Borough Council get its finances back on a sustainable footing have had their powers extended to cover senior officer recruitment.
The government has reached an agreement with Transport for London to supply £1.2bn of funding and additional capital support to avoid a “managed decline” in services.
External auditors for South Somerset District Council have issued a statutory recommendation after officers failed to seek legal action and make the finance director aware of an exit settlement.
Councils are shelving long-term capital projects to focus on shorter term budgetary pressures brought on by rising prices without additional funding, an expert has said.
Councils have been urged to give greater consideration to property ownership and asset sales before accusing residents of deliberately making themselves poorer to receive funded care, the Local...
The Scottish audit watchdog has raised concerns that Shetland Islands Council lacks a clear plan on how it will fund a forecast medium-term budget gap of up to £142m.
Four men will appear in court having been charged following a police investigation into allegations of financial irregularity at Lancashire County Council.
Council leaders and transport bodies welcomed the final extension of Covid-19 bus funding, but warned a long-term settlement is crucial to improving local travel services.
Luton Borough Council paid out more than £1m to a criminal organisation posing as its local enterprise partnership, and efforts to retrieve the money have so far failed.
The government is set to appoint a fifth commissioner at Liverpool City Council after a report found gaps in workforce capacity and capability across vital services.
Businesses in Bolton will be automatically awarded a share of pandemic relief grants despite not having applied for them because the council wants to make sure all available money goes into the city’...
Leisure centres in West Lothian will receive the guarantee of financial backing from the council after it agreed to provide a letter of comfort to the arms-length body running the services.
Six “ambitious” bids for money from the Levelling Up Fund make up a package that would regenerate areas in six of Leeds’ parliamentary constituencies, the city council has said.
Incidents reported to Glasgow City Council’s whistleblowing service grew by nearly 50% from the year before in 2021-22, but the numbers are still short of their level from before the onset of Covid-...
The government is seeking views on whether to retain a statutory override allowing local authorities to exclude changes to pooled investment values from revenue accounts.
London boroughs have spent more than £150m over the past year to bring more than 1,500 homes back into the public sector, replacing stock depleted by the right-to-buy scheme, the city’s mayor has...
