Views from the 2015 CIPFA CFO Summit which considered challenges for public services around the upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review and the need for service transformation.
The extent to which voters trust Westminster politicians to make spending decisions for their area falls away with increasing distance from London, a poll for CIPFA has found.
Many parts of England could face a shortage of care home beds in future years due to closures triggered by council funding cuts, according to an analysis for upper-tier local authorities.
London’s tri- and bi-borough arrangements prove the enormous potential for local government collaboration. You just need to be committed to the end result
Pressure on resources is forcing the public sector to deliver the aligned services that people demand. CIPFA has developed tools to help shape this collaborative future
Middle-income households will be the hardest hit by planned government spending reductions on public services, an analysis for the Trades Union Congress has found.
The UK’s biggest cities could raise an extra £9bn in revenue every year if they could boost their economic performance to match the national average, a study by the Centre for Cities has found.
The UK’s major cities have issued a joint call for a more local, place-based approach to public spending to form part of the upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review.
Local government secretary Greg Clark has said he will make the case for greater certainty in council funding settlements as the government prepares for the Spending Review.
The government will not sign any more devolution deals with councils unless there is the full backing of the local enterprise partnership, communities secretary Greg Clark has announced.
Businesses in the North overwhelmingly back the Northern Powerhouse but are urging the government to be more radical on devolution of transport and infrastructure spending.
The need to build more houses is overwhelming, but we need to move on from traditional models of delivery. Councils can create the conditions for new development to thrive.
CIPFA has called for an end to the council tax freeze which has been in place in Scotland since 2007, and for Scottish councils to be given the freedom to raise and set local taxes.
English councils are facing cuts of £3.3bn in central government funding next year, putting further pressure on services like elderly care, child protection and road maintenance, the Local...
The 7% cut to the public health grant was a foolish mistake by national government. Local leaders need to move into the gap and develop prevention strategies of their own.
Councils in the north of England have been urged to set out their planning priorities for the region as part of a project that will consider the creation of a strategic spatial plan.
Any reforms to business rates must change the process for appeals against property valuations in order to protect councils from “speculative” reviews, the Local Government Association has said today.
Children and families minister Edward Timpson has made £4.5m available to help councils form regional adoption agencies as part of moves to ensure all authorities are collaborating in groups by...
Essex County Council has set out a three-year “invest to save” plan in order to ensure it can continue to provide public services while also balancing its budget.
