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2 Jan 19
London boroughs will receive a £38m boost to provide accommodation for families facing homelessness, the government has announced.
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2 Jan 19
The communities secretary has warned that councils must be given more money to plan for a no-deal Brexit.
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21 Dec 18
Cutting public health grant will heap pressure on the NHS, councils leaders and a health think-tank have said.
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20 Dec 18
Local authorities should use empty shops more effectively and reduce parking charges to bring the high streets back to life, according to recommendations made to the government.
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19 Dec 18
Local authorities may withdraw from providing asylum accommodation because they take on a “disproportionate share” of responsibilities with little support, MPs have warned.
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19 Dec 18
The local government financial settlement did not provide councils the fiscal stability they were hoping for, says CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman.
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19 Dec 18
London councils will continue to pilot business rates retention next year but at the lower rate of 75%, rather than the 100% they trialled in 2018-19, the draft local government settlement revealed...
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18 Dec 18
Finance teams are key players in supporting digital transformation projects, which could allow public sector organisations to provide faster and better quality services, says not-for-profit Eduserv’s...
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17 Dec 18
Charities have expressed disappointment over the government’s decision to delay the adult social care green paper once again.
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14 Dec 18
The government has been accused of “passing the buck” by funding police via council tax increases.
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13 Dec 18
Austerity is not yet over for local government, representatives said as they criticised the government for failing to provide sustainability in the provisional finance settlement.
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13 Dec 18
Councils’ spending power could rise to £46.4bn next year, a real-terms increase, local government secretary James Brokenshire revealed as he published the provisional settlement today.
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12 Dec 18
The Scottish finance secretary has announced a raft of funding increases for public services but warned priorities could change with no deal Brexit.
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12 Dec 18
The auditor general for Wales has issued public interest reports highlighting failures in financial management and governance at three community councils.
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11 Dec 18
Low fees paid by councils to providers have left the home care sector in a “fragile state”, the King’s Fund has warned.
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11 Dec 18
There needs to be a “thorough rethink” about how to approach failure in local government, think-tanks have warned.
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10 Dec 18
Councils will not be able to build the homes needed unless we also address how we train and expands the construction industry workforce, argues think-tank Localis’ Bethanie Roughley.
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10 Dec 18
The Department for Transport has agreed to provide a £1.3bn loan to the Greater London Authority to meet the rising costs of delivering Crossrail.
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10 Dec 18
There has been a sixfold increase in Blue Badge thefts over the past five years, the Local Government Association has revealed.
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7 Dec 18
The UK must come up with “better answers” on how to spread prosperity to all regions of the country, a conference has heard.
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7 Dec 18
A 2.5% income tax on the over-40s could raise up to £15bn every year to fund social care, a study has found.
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7 Dec 18
Public library and staff numbers continue to decline as councils cut spending in this area, CIPFA’s annual library survey has revealed.
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7 Dec 18
Dickensian debtors prisons are a thing of the past, but outdated debt collection practices still risk driving the most financially vulnerable into further difficulty. Victor Smart reports.
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6 Dec 18
Local authorities need to be prepared for any form of exit from the EU and now is the time to “double down” on devolution efforts, a CIPFA panel discussion has heard.
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6 Dec 18
Councils must not “throw out the rule book” as they redesign services to cope with increasing financial pressure, the sector’s ombudsman has warned.
2 Jan 19London boroughs will receive a £38m boost to provide accommodation for families facing homelessness, the government has announced.
2 Jan 19The communities secretary has warned that councils must be given more money to plan for a no-deal Brexit.
21 Dec 18Cutting public health grant will heap pressure on the NHS, councils leaders and a health think-tank have said.
20 Dec 18Local authorities should use empty shops more effectively and reduce parking charges to bring the high streets back to life, according to recommendations made to the government.
19 Dec 18Local authorities may withdraw from providing asylum accommodation because they take on a “disproportionate share” of responsibilities with little support, MPs have warned.
19 Dec 18The local government financial settlement did not provide councils the fiscal stability they were hoping for, says CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman.
19 Dec 18London councils will continue to pilot business rates retention next year but at the lower rate of 75%, rather than the 100% they trialled in 2018-19, the draft local government settlement revealed...
18 Dec 18Finance teams are key players in supporting digital transformation projects, which could allow public sector organisations to provide faster and better quality services, says not-for-profit Eduserv’s...
17 Dec 18Charities have expressed disappointment over the government’s decision to delay the adult social care green paper once again.
14 Dec 18The government has been accused of “passing the buck” by funding police via council tax increases.
13 Dec 18Austerity is not yet over for local government, representatives said as they criticised the government for failing to provide sustainability in the provisional finance settlement.
12 Dec 18The Scottish finance secretary has announced a raft of funding increases for public services but warned priorities could change with no deal Brexit.
12 Dec 18The auditor general for Wales has issued public interest reports highlighting failures in financial management and governance at three community councils.
11 Dec 18Low fees paid by councils to providers have left the home care sector in a “fragile state”, the King’s Fund has warned.
11 Dec 18There needs to be a “thorough rethink” about how to approach failure in local government, think-tanks have warned.
10 Dec 18Councils will not be able to build the homes needed unless we also address how we train and expands the construction industry workforce, argues think-tank Localis’ Bethanie Roughley.
10 Dec 18The Department for Transport has agreed to provide a £1.3bn loan to the Greater London Authority to meet the rising costs of delivering Crossrail.
10 Dec 18There has been a sixfold increase in Blue Badge thefts over the past five years, the Local Government Association has revealed.
7 Dec 18The UK must come up with “better answers” on how to spread prosperity to all regions of the country, a conference has heard.
7 Dec 18A 2.5% income tax on the over-40s could raise up to £15bn every year to fund social care, a study has found.
7 Dec 18Public library and staff numbers continue to decline as councils cut spending in this area, CIPFA’s annual library survey has revealed.
7 Dec 18Dickensian debtors prisons are a thing of the past, but outdated debt collection practices still risk driving the most financially vulnerable into further difficulty. Victor Smart reports.
6 Dec 18Local authorities need to be prepared for any form of exit from the EU and now is the time to “double down” on devolution efforts, a CIPFA panel discussion has heard.
6 Dec 18Councils must not “throw out the rule book” as they redesign services to cope with increasing financial pressure, the sector’s ombudsman has warned.
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