Nottingham City Council will terminate a contract with a subsidiary company managing its housing stock, after an external investigation found it misspent millions of pounds of authority funding.
Two West Midlands councils are set to return more than £900,000 of government funding for green homes upgrades, after a shortage of labour and skills meant it could not be spent, it has emerged.
Councils received £700m more than they spent last year, down 90% on the 2021-22 surplus, while the overall public sector deficit fell by more than a half.
Warwick District Council and Stratford-on-Avon Council have scrapped plans for a unitary authority over concerns surrounding a housing subsidiary company.
Durham County Council is set to sell a new £50m office which it has not yet occupied, to help reduce costs as the authority moves to more flexible working.
Local authorities in England have urged residents to remain vigilant over cold calling scams linked to the £150 energy rebates that councils are overseeing this year.
Proposals to abolish section 106 charges in favour of a new infrastructure tax could disincentivise investment in poorer regions, working against 'levelling up', according to experts....
The local authority sector has warned that government plans to ban charges for disposing of DIY waste from households threaten to pressure council finances further “beyond breaking point”.
External auditors for South Cambridgeshire District Council have closed the authority’s 2018-19 accounts, after finding significant issues with property valuations.
A Local Government Pension Scheme pool that handles assets for 11 local government pension schemes has launched a second series of its private markets programme, including a distinct climate-related...
The government's has slashed Local Enterprise Partnerships' growth hub funding by half this year, a move which could lead to redundancies and cutting of business support services, according...
Councils in England have been banned from using capital receipts to fund discretionary redundancy payments, the government announced, as it extended spending flexibilities for service reforms....
Essex County Council is set to invest £1m to help improve its cyber security, after experts warned of heightened risks of Russian interference in public bodies.
Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) will receive £375,000 funding from central government this year, as bodies prepare plans to merge with combined authorities.
A lack of contract management skills at Southend-on-Sea City Council contributed to failures by its special educational needs and disability transport services, according to an internal...
External auditors have criticised North Norfolk District Council' weak internal control measures and failing to comply with its financial regulations over the commissioning of an independent review.
The decision by the mayor of Middlesbrough Council to hold undocumented meetings with contractors on a £21m construction project was not in line with the authority’s constitution, according to...
Clive Betts, chair of Parliament's Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee, has demanded answers from communities secretary Michael Gove on how councils can administer energy rebates to...
Guidance released today advises public bodies to exit contracts with Russian suppliers, but PF has learnt that local authorities might have to wait until after Easter until they get legal powers to...
