Proposals directing Local Government Pension Schemes to transfer assets into pools within two years are unrealistic and could “act against a fund’s own better judgement”, the LGPS Scheme Advisory...
Significant government investment to almost quadruple social and affordable home-building could reduce homelessness and deliver net economic benefits of £1.5bn a year, researchers have said.
A lack of corporate focus and low capacity in the finance department at Thurrock Council have slowed progress on reforms to deliver financial stability, government-appointed commissioners have said.
Rising care demand without additional government funding could put Coventry City Council at risk of a Section 114 notice next year, a senior councillor has warned.
Thanks to councillors and local authority staff were all the levelling up secretary had to offer the sector as he spoke to the Conservative Party conference.
Growing care demand and rising costs following a decade of underfunding have created a forecast £132m gap in Hampshire County Council’s finances by 2025-26.
Rising construction costs and high interest rates have made East Ayrshire Council’s £24.5m renewable research project “unaffordable” in its current form, officers have said.
UK towns will receive £20m of funding over the next decade to improve local transport, reduce crime and encourage high street regeneration in a bid to reduce regional inequalities.
Rising costs and ongoing financial crisis have prompted Woking Borough Council to propose shelving an infrastructure project aimed at helping to deliver additional homes.
A growing number of councils are “teetering on the brink” amid rising demand and strained finances that will leave them an estimated £3.6bn budget gap in England, Scotland and Wales, Unison has...
Rising service demand following a decade of underfunding has put the London Borough of Havering at severe risk of issuing a Section 114 notice in the next 12 months, its finance director has said.
The continued rise in construction costs and high interest rates have forced some councils to halt their capital projects, and some are unlikely to be restarted, a treasury advisor has told PF.
An improvement board of senior local government experts will support Southampton City Council amid concerns from external auditors who have warned there is a “real” threat of a Section 114 notice.
Norse Consulting’s senior director Daniella Barrow warns that achieving net zero is not going to be easy, and that councils risk resources not being available to meet the challenge.
Councils will need £8.3bn more funding to meet care demand in 2032-33, but this number would need to more than double if authorities are to improve care access and fund reforms, the Health Foundation...
Many councils want the government to give them funding and powers to deal with climate change, but there are big variations across the country between what action the authorities have already taken...
The pay system “actively discriminates” against female workers at Sheffield City Council, a union has claimed, with organisers saying some women receive thousands of pounds per year less than male...
