Elevated inflation and “intensifying” demand for temporary accommodation will force authorities to cut services amid a forecast £550m overspend this year, the District Councils’ Network has warned.
There is an urgent need to improve finance skills in order to understand and manage financial risks at a council in levelling up secretary Michael Gove’s constituency, the Local Government...
Persistent high inflation and rising service demand have added another £1bn to council funding pressures in the next two years in just three months, the Local Government Association has warned.
A proposal to freeze council tax next year risks “compounding councils’ ongoing underfunding”, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities has warned while criticising the lack of engagement with...
Continued strong progress on reforms aimed at delivering financial stability and improving governance could see the improvement panel at the London Borough of Croydon exit within two years.
Sustained public investment and devolution of local transport powers will reduce car use, improve road and rail connections and help meet climate change goals, the National Infrastructure Commission...
Continued high demand following more than a decade of funding cuts could put outer-London boroughs at risk of issuing Section 114 notices in the next 12 months, a senior officer has said.
Insufficient government funding combined with high service demand and rising costs have put the finances of London boroughs on a “knife edge” with a projected £500m funding gap next year, leaders...
Cutting hundreds of jobs, selling assets and reducing services have been mooted as Leeds City Council attempts to close a forecast £163m budget gap by 2026-27.
More than 900 local authority audit opinions are outstanding and the government must take urgent action to clear the swelling backlog, Public Sector Audit Appointments has said.
Public bodies should prioritise investment in long-term training to “carve new pathways for career progression” to improve recruitment and retention, researchers at Mazars have said, with finance...
Not reducing a forecast £6.1m overspend this year would fully deplete the risk reserve at Derby City Council and put financial stability at risk, officers have said.
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.
