Stricken Northamptonshire County Council is looking for a new permanent finance director who will “roll their sleeves up” and is ready to make “hard decisions”.
Financial pressures on English councils mean they are struggling to provide a ‘good’ standard of social care provision for children, an independent think-tank has highlighted.
Most councils will not be able to provide discretionary services such as libraries and park maintenance in five years time, according to a survey of council leaders and chief executives.
Lancashire County Council has delayed signing off its accounts for the last financial year after auditors raised concerns over the treatment of a £50m LOBO loan.
Local authorities are continuing with a legal challenge against the decision to expand Heathrow airport and have lodged a judicial review bid with the High Court.
Northern Ireland’s public services incurred the biggest spending per head in the UK in 2016-17, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics.
Families rely more on food banks over the summer holidays because children do not have access to free school meals, according to an anti-poverty charity.
The value of local government outsourcing contracts in the UK dropped considerably in the first half of this year compared to same period in 2017, analysis has revealed.
Northamptonshire Council has proposed “radical service reductions” in areas including care for vulnerable people as a response to its second 114 notice.
