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29 Jan 18
Urgent action is required by Clackmannanshire Council to address “serious concerns” in its financial position, according to a report from the Accounts Commission.
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29 Jan 18
Whitehall has agreed to give Manchester an extra £6m in health service funding following last May’s terrorist attack.
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29 Jan 18
The Welsh Government has confirmed it is to grant voting rights to 16 and 17-year-olds in local authority elections.
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26 Jan 18
A new framework contract has been let to help funds in the Local Government Pension Scheme through the transition to pooled funds.
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26 Jan 18
The introduction of universal credit poses a “significant risk” to public spending control, the Office of Budget Responsibility has warned.
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25 Jan 18
Rough sleeping increased sharply in England last year, leading to calls from councils and the Chartered Institute of Housing to change government policies on welfare and home building.
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25 Jan 18
Finalists for the 2018 Public Finance Innovation Awards were announced this morning, with around 70 organisations, teams and individuals making the grade.
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23 Jan 18
Scottish councils have been warned that unplanned depletion of reserves is undermining their capacity for making future efficiency savings.
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23 Jan 18
None of the 36 local authorities that have asked for central government support to install tower block fire safety measures such as sprinklers have received any funding so far, housing secretary...
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23 Jan 18
Continued reductions in local authorities’ public health grant is disproportionately hitting children’s services, according to the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health.
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22 Jan 18
Nearly 1,000 children’s centres across England have not been inspected for more than five years, according to the charity Action for Children.
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22 Jan 18
A consultation on proposed amendments to the local authorities’ capital finance and accounting in Wales has thrown up interesting questions about how councils borrow, says CIPFA's Jo Pitt....
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22 Jan 18
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22 Jan 18
The government cannot meet its housebuilding targets unless it scraps the borrowing cap on local authority housing revenue accounts to “unleash” council housebuilding, MPs have said.
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19 Jan 18
Law firm DAC Beachcroft has warned NHS bodies that PFI contracts involving the failed Carillion firm could be at risk even where it was part of a consortium.
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19 Jan 18
English councils will receive an extra £29m to support unaccompanied asylum seeking children and care leavers, communities secretary Sajid Javid has said.
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17 Jan 18
Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay has defended the financial settlement for local government as his spending plans came under increased scrutiny by MSPs.
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17 Jan 18
Councils around the country are scrambling to identify the full extent of their exposure to Carillion after Monday’s collapse of the construction and facilities management firm.
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17 Jan 18
The government has moved to reassure public sector clients of Interserve that the firm will not follow rival Carillion into collapse.
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17 Jan 18
Local authority-funded smoking cessation services in England have been “dramatically reduced” following cuts to public health budgets, according to health campaigners.
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17 Jan 18
Local areas should have the powers and funds to shape bespoke plans that meet specific skills gaps, says Anna Round of IPPR North.
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15 Jan 18
Carillion’s collapse shows public sector outsourcing is risky and limited. It’s time for a rethink and greater scrutiny and transparency, argue John Tizard and David Walker.
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15 Jan 18
Ministers have pledged that all public services will be protected following the demise of Carillion, a major contractor responsible for a host of buildings and services across the public sector.
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15 Jan 18
Councils across England are proposing to take advantage of the ability to raise council tax by a further 1%, Public Finance has found.
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15 Jan 18
The NHS Confederation has commissioned the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Health Foundation to provide objective evidence of what will be needed to finance health and care for the next 15 years.
29 Jan 18Urgent action is required by Clackmannanshire Council to address “serious concerns” in its financial position, according to a report from the Accounts Commission.
29 Jan 18Whitehall has agreed to give Manchester an extra £6m in health service funding following last May’s terrorist attack.
29 Jan 18The Welsh Government has confirmed it is to grant voting rights to 16 and 17-year-olds in local authority elections.
26 Jan 18A new framework contract has been let to help funds in the Local Government Pension Scheme through the transition to pooled funds.
26 Jan 18The introduction of universal credit poses a “significant risk” to public spending control, the Office of Budget Responsibility has warned.
25 Jan 18Rough sleeping increased sharply in England last year, leading to calls from councils and the Chartered Institute of Housing to change government policies on welfare and home building.
25 Jan 18Finalists for the 2018 Public Finance Innovation Awards were announced this morning, with around 70 organisations, teams and individuals making the grade.
23 Jan 18Scottish councils have been warned that unplanned depletion of reserves is undermining their capacity for making future efficiency savings.
23 Jan 18None of the 36 local authorities that have asked for central government support to install tower block fire safety measures such as sprinklers have received any funding so far, housing secretary...
23 Jan 18Continued reductions in local authorities’ public health grant is disproportionately hitting children’s services, according to the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health.
22 Jan 18Nearly 1,000 children’s centres across England have not been inspected for more than five years, according to the charity Action for Children.
22 Jan 18A consultation on proposed amendments to the local authorities’ capital finance and accounting in Wales has thrown up interesting questions about how councils borrow, says CIPFA's Jo Pitt....
22 Jan 18
22 Jan 18The government cannot meet its housebuilding targets unless it scraps the borrowing cap on local authority housing revenue accounts to “unleash” council housebuilding, MPs have said.
19 Jan 18Law firm DAC Beachcroft has warned NHS bodies that PFI contracts involving the failed Carillion firm could be at risk even where it was part of a consortium.
19 Jan 18English councils will receive an extra £29m to support unaccompanied asylum seeking children and care leavers, communities secretary Sajid Javid has said.
17 Jan 18Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay has defended the financial settlement for local government as his spending plans came under increased scrutiny by MSPs.
17 Jan 18Councils around the country are scrambling to identify the full extent of their exposure to Carillion after Monday’s collapse of the construction and facilities management firm.
17 Jan 18The government has moved to reassure public sector clients of Interserve that the firm will not follow rival Carillion into collapse.
17 Jan 18Local authority-funded smoking cessation services in England have been “dramatically reduced” following cuts to public health budgets, according to health campaigners.
17 Jan 18Local areas should have the powers and funds to shape bespoke plans that meet specific skills gaps, says Anna Round of IPPR North.
15 Jan 18Carillion’s collapse shows public sector outsourcing is risky and limited. It’s time for a rethink and greater scrutiny and transparency, argue John Tizard and David Walker.
15 Jan 18Ministers have pledged that all public services will be protected following the demise of Carillion, a major contractor responsible for a host of buildings and services across the public sector.
15 Jan 18Councils across England are proposing to take advantage of the ability to raise council tax by a further 1%, Public Finance has found.
15 Jan 18The NHS Confederation has commissioned the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Health Foundation to provide objective evidence of what will be needed to finance health and care for the next 15 years.
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