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22 Oct 18
Adopting international accounting standards would keep council house borrowing off the national debt and allow real fiscal autonomy, says Chartered Institute of Housing’s policy adviser John...
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22 Oct 18
Devolution offers a solution to mitigate local government’s powers being stripped back to ‘core offers’ focused on social care but it needs funding to do so, says IPPR North’s Anna Round.
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22 Oct 18
Councils are calling on manufacturers to “play their part” in meeting the rising cost of recycling after China banned the importation of certain materials.
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19 Oct 18
Councils’ housing revenue account borrowing cap will be scrapped before the end of the month, the communities secretary has revealed.
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19 Oct 18
Benefits claimants will receive a £1.67bn windfall, owing to “historic underpayments” by the government.
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19 Oct 18
The integration of health and care will not progress while local authority finances are squeezed, MPs have warned today.
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18 Oct 18
The first round of funding to remove Grenfell-style cladding has been released to local authorities and housing associations today.
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18 Oct 18
CIPFA is to work on fresh guidance over concerns councils in England are putting public funds at “unnecessary or unquantified risk” when borrowing to invest in commercial property.
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18 Oct 18
Glasgow Caledonian University’s senior equalities lecturer Angela O’Hagan talks about why gender budgeting was discussed at CIPFA’s Northern Ireland Conference last week.
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17 Oct 18
The Public Accounts Committee chair has been speaking “behind the scenes to persuade various players” to enhance the scrutiny of local government spending.
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16 Oct 18
The number of cases of fraud prevented or detected by local authorities went up in 2017-18 while the value was a little lower, CIPFA has revealed.
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16 Oct 18
Public services will have to receive £19bn a year for the next five years if austerity is to end as the prime minster recently promised, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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15 Oct 18
Vivienne Russell reminds us what happened in Liverpool in 1985 when the city council tried to set an illegal budget after Labour’s Dawn Butler recently revived memories of the row.
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12 Oct 18
Local authority spending on commercial trading services has increased “significantly” over the last four years, government data has revealed.
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12 Oct 18
Local government’s desire to outsource public services is in decline, a think-tank study has shown.
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12 Oct 18
Finance staff at Newham council in London have voted to take four days of strike action in a dispute over job evaluation and pay.
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12 Oct 18
Improving local health system is the best way of improving efficiency in the NHS, a report from a trade association has said.
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12 Oct 18
Government is increasingly shifting the costs of public services on to citizens as the effects of austerity continue, a CIPFA-backed analysis out today has revealed.
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11 Oct 18
Northamptonshire Council’s incoming finance chief has told PF he is “looking forward” to the “biggest challenge” of his career.
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11 Oct 18
Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay has set out plans to consult on a discretionary local visitor tax ahead of the draft budget.
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10 Oct 18
An annual levy based on the up-to-date value of a property should replace council tax and stamp duty, a think-tank has urged.
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10 Oct 18
Partnerships between the public and private sector have a future but need another level of scrutiny - which could be done by the people themselves, says deputy director of NLGN Jessica...
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9 Oct 18
Northamptonshire County Council has appointed a new finance chief to take up the reins, the local authority has confirmed to PF.
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9 Oct 18
Nearly two-thirds of people in the UK would like to see public spending increased even if that means higher taxes, a survey has revealed.
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8 Oct 18
Post-Brexit funding for councils promised by the government must be fully funded and devolved to avoid a “damaging” funding gap, northern metro mayors have said.
22 Oct 18Adopting international accounting standards would keep council house borrowing off the national debt and allow real fiscal autonomy, says Chartered Institute of Housing’s policy adviser John...
22 Oct 18Devolution offers a solution to mitigate local government’s powers being stripped back to ‘core offers’ focused on social care but it needs funding to do so, says IPPR North’s Anna Round.
22 Oct 18Councils are calling on manufacturers to “play their part” in meeting the rising cost of recycling after China banned the importation of certain materials.
19 Oct 18Councils’ housing revenue account borrowing cap will be scrapped before the end of the month, the communities secretary has revealed.
19 Oct 18Benefits claimants will receive a £1.67bn windfall, owing to “historic underpayments” by the government.
19 Oct 18The integration of health and care will not progress while local authority finances are squeezed, MPs have warned today.
18 Oct 18The first round of funding to remove Grenfell-style cladding has been released to local authorities and housing associations today.
18 Oct 18CIPFA is to work on fresh guidance over concerns councils in England are putting public funds at “unnecessary or unquantified risk” when borrowing to invest in commercial property.
18 Oct 18Glasgow Caledonian University’s senior equalities lecturer Angela O’Hagan talks about why gender budgeting was discussed at CIPFA’s Northern Ireland Conference last week.
17 Oct 18The Public Accounts Committee chair has been speaking “behind the scenes to persuade various players” to enhance the scrutiny of local government spending.
16 Oct 18The number of cases of fraud prevented or detected by local authorities went up in 2017-18 while the value was a little lower, CIPFA has revealed.
16 Oct 18Public services will have to receive £19bn a year for the next five years if austerity is to end as the prime minster recently promised, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
15 Oct 18Vivienne Russell reminds us what happened in Liverpool in 1985 when the city council tried to set an illegal budget after Labour’s Dawn Butler recently revived memories of the row.
12 Oct 18Local authority spending on commercial trading services has increased “significantly” over the last four years, government data has revealed.
12 Oct 18Local government’s desire to outsource public services is in decline, a think-tank study has shown.
12 Oct 18Finance staff at Newham council in London have voted to take four days of strike action in a dispute over job evaluation and pay.
12 Oct 18Improving local health system is the best way of improving efficiency in the NHS, a report from a trade association has said.
12 Oct 18Government is increasingly shifting the costs of public services on to citizens as the effects of austerity continue, a CIPFA-backed analysis out today has revealed.
11 Oct 18Northamptonshire Council’s incoming finance chief has told PF he is “looking forward” to the “biggest challenge” of his career.
11 Oct 18Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay has set out plans to consult on a discretionary local visitor tax ahead of the draft budget.
10 Oct 18An annual levy based on the up-to-date value of a property should replace council tax and stamp duty, a think-tank has urged.
10 Oct 18Partnerships between the public and private sector have a future but need another level of scrutiny - which could be done by the people themselves, says deputy director of NLGN Jessica...
9 Oct 18Nearly two-thirds of people in the UK would like to see public spending increased even if that means higher taxes, a survey has revealed.
8 Oct 18Post-Brexit funding for councils promised by the government must be fully funded and devolved to avoid a “damaging” funding gap, northern metro mayors have said.
