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10 Apr 19
Local authorities need some funding certainty - especially around money intended to replace EU support, says Labour’s Andrew Gwynne.
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9 Apr 19
CIPFA has issued fresh guidance on internal audit to help professionals cope with “growing levels of financial risk”.
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9 Apr 19
Council leaders have defended council executive pay after a campaign group’s research found the average local authority in the UK had six employees on salaries above £100,000 in 2017-18.
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8 Apr 19
Communities secretary James Brokenshire rebuffed calls to give details on EU replacement funding when pressed in the House of Commons today.
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8 Apr 19
The largest growing area of fraud being detected or prevented by councils is business rates fraud, yet this represents only a fraction of the total, says CIPFA’s Marc McAuley.
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5 Apr 19
Collaboration between the public sector and key providers such as construction groups can be used to create wider social value, says Bev Hurley of the Institute of Economic Development.
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5 Apr 19
How austerity and the dismantling of ‘Stalinist’ regional aid has divided an entire country. Peter Hetherington reports.
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4 Apr 19
Up to 67% of councils feel they lack the funding to meet new duties to tackle homelessness, analysis has found.
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3 Apr 19
Debate about levels of council tax is doomed to go nowhere unless we consider what we’re willing to pay for services and how, says the Local Government Information Unit’s Jonathan Carr-West.
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3 Apr 19
Can an integrated approach to how NHS organisations work – both with each other and local authorities – help it to better manage income and demand for services? Alison Moore reports.
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3 Apr 19
Today marks one year since the Homelessness Reducation Act came into force. John Glenton from The Riverside Group housing association suggests how councils can meet their duties under this act....
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2 Apr 19
The government must address the “significant risks” that Brexit poses to local government, MPs have urged.
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1 Apr 19
Local authorities and teachers will form part of a ‘multi-agency’ approach to tackle knife crime, the Home Office has said.
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1 Apr 19
Thirty per cent of the UK’s children - 4.1 million – are living on less than 60% of the current median income, according to official data.
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1 Apr 19
A year on from the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act, Neil Merrick looks at what’s changed on the streets.
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29 Mar 19
English councils are failing to use statutory powers to penalise rogue landlords in the private rented sector, a trade body has found.
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29 Mar 19
A man has been jailed for fraudulently claiming more than £47,000 of support intended for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.
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29 Mar 19
Northamptonshire County Council’s finances “remain fragile” due to a lack of robust reserves and require savings of £40m, its finance commissioner Brian Roberts has told PF.
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28 Mar 19
Government should review the regulations that govern outsourcing but not ban private and third sector involvement altogether, a think-tank has said.
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28 Mar 19
Northamptonshire County Council’s commissioners have called for the local authority’s section 114 notice to be lifted, saying it should move from “under the shadow of this failure”.
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27 Mar 19
Local government audit is “in need of improvement”, CIPFA’s chief executive has told MPs.
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27 Mar 19
Local authorities in England will put up the average band D council tax by 4.7% next financial year, government stats have shown.
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27 Mar 19
Labour is right to identify outsourcing failures but its new policy risks creating more problems than it addresses, argues Institute for Government’s Tom Sasse.
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26 Mar 19
Communities secretary James Brokenshire has hinted local authorities might be able to secure extra funding for Brexit in future from the Treasury.
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26 Mar 19
Councils have “a lot more to do” to prepare public services for Brexit, a CIPFA conference has heard.
10 Apr 19Local authorities need some funding certainty - especially around money intended to replace EU support, says Labour’s Andrew Gwynne.
9 Apr 19CIPFA has issued fresh guidance on internal audit to help professionals cope with “growing levels of financial risk”.
9 Apr 19Council leaders have defended council executive pay after a campaign group’s research found the average local authority in the UK had six employees on salaries above £100,000 in 2017-18.
8 Apr 19Communities secretary James Brokenshire rebuffed calls to give details on EU replacement funding when pressed in the House of Commons today.
8 Apr 19The largest growing area of fraud being detected or prevented by councils is business rates fraud, yet this represents only a fraction of the total, says CIPFA’s Marc McAuley.
5 Apr 19Collaboration between the public sector and key providers such as construction groups can be used to create wider social value, says Bev Hurley of the Institute of Economic Development.
5 Apr 19How austerity and the dismantling of ‘Stalinist’ regional aid has divided an entire country. Peter Hetherington reports.
4 Apr 19Up to 67% of councils feel they lack the funding to meet new duties to tackle homelessness, analysis has found.
3 Apr 19Debate about levels of council tax is doomed to go nowhere unless we consider what we’re willing to pay for services and how, says the Local Government Information Unit’s Jonathan Carr-West.
3 Apr 19Can an integrated approach to how NHS organisations work – both with each other and local authorities – help it to better manage income and demand for services? Alison Moore reports.
3 Apr 19Today marks one year since the Homelessness Reducation Act came into force. John Glenton from The Riverside Group housing association suggests how councils can meet their duties under this act....
2 Apr 19The government must address the “significant risks” that Brexit poses to local government, MPs have urged.
1 Apr 19Local authorities and teachers will form part of a ‘multi-agency’ approach to tackle knife crime, the Home Office has said.
1 Apr 19Thirty per cent of the UK’s children - 4.1 million – are living on less than 60% of the current median income, according to official data.
1 Apr 19A year on from the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act, Neil Merrick looks at what’s changed on the streets.
29 Mar 19English councils are failing to use statutory powers to penalise rogue landlords in the private rented sector, a trade body has found.
29 Mar 19A man has been jailed for fraudulently claiming more than £47,000 of support intended for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.
29 Mar 19Northamptonshire County Council’s finances “remain fragile” due to a lack of robust reserves and require savings of £40m, its finance commissioner Brian Roberts has told PF.
28 Mar 19Government should review the regulations that govern outsourcing but not ban private and third sector involvement altogether, a think-tank has said.
28 Mar 19Northamptonshire County Council’s commissioners have called for the local authority’s section 114 notice to be lifted, saying it should move from “under the shadow of this failure”.
27 Mar 19Local government audit is “in need of improvement”, CIPFA’s chief executive has told MPs.
27 Mar 19Local authorities in England will put up the average band D council tax by 4.7% next financial year, government stats have shown.
27 Mar 19Labour is right to identify outsourcing failures but its new policy risks creating more problems than it addresses, argues Institute for Government’s Tom Sasse.
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