Fees for local government audits will rise by 9.5%, the body responsible for setting them has said while insisting measures to address the crisis in the system must make audit work more proportionate...
Havering Council will need to issue a Section 114 notice unless it receives extraordinary help or new funding, its leader warned as the authority opened a consultation on options to address a...
Local authorities could be required to replace homes sold under Right to Buy on a like-for-like basis as part of a government plan to reverse the decline in council housing.
Hampshire County Council has warned it is on the brink of joining the ranks of authorities facing financial collapse, with a Section 114 notice next year looking increasingly likely.
Teenagers whose youth clubs closed amid austerity went on to perform less well at school and were more likely to become involved in criminal activity, new research has suggested.
It is arguably an “abdication of responsibility” to not have a local plan in place setting out the communities’ needs, according to England’s former chief planner Steve Quartermain.
A history of “potentially unlawful” lending, underpinned by “wholly inadequate” governance arrangements, may have contributed to the financial collapse of Woking Borough Council, according to an...
More than four in five councils are expected to overspend their adult social care budgets this year, according to a new survey which reveals the “growing and urgent” strain under which services are...
MPs will look into the challenges faced by children living in temporary accommodation as the homelessness crisis puts council budgets under increasing strain.
Councils have welcomed the extra £1.3bn earmarked for local government in the Budget, but warned that without greater certainty over funding in the longer term, the outlook for local services remains...
Owen Mapley has said the new government’s first Budget “will reassure some public service leaders and worry others”, and warned that there is lots more to do to get the sector fighting fit.
Growing pressure means nearly half of England’s upper-tier councils will struggle to balance their budgets within two years and are likely to need government support, a survey of chief executives has...
Councils should make the most of the Procurement Act as an “opportunity for a more strategic, socially minded” approach to public procurement when it comes into force next year, a think-tank has...
Excessive staff vacancies and rising turnover are putting “unsustainable pressure” on council finance teams, with pay being the main barrier to attracting qualified candidates, according to CIPFA...
Nearly £1bn of homelessness service funding is set to end next year, sector organisations have warned chancellor Rachel Reeves, asking for the money to be rolled over in the upcoming Budget.
The housing crisis will push Newham Council’s temporary accommodation bill to more than ten times its recent size, piling further pressure on an authority already looking for £70m of savings to cover...
Sustainable economic growth is urgently required to help deliver the funding for government to meet its commitments for national renewal, writes Nigel Wilcock, executive director of the Institute of...
