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5 Jan 22
A Nottinghamshire council is considering whether to reverse a proposed council tax increase of 1.99% in its next budget following a larger-than-expected grant from central government.
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5 Jan 22
More than 100 local authorities will press ahead with a High Court claim for hundreds of millions of pounds in compensation from truck manufacturers which the European Commission ruled...
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5 Jan 22
The Financial Reporting Council has fined accounting firm Mazars £250,000 over "insufficient and undocumented” challenge on the valuation of refurbishment costs in a local authority audit.
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4 Jan 22
Great Yarmouth Borough Council is to set up a new subsidiary company to manage services, after it decided against extending a joint venture.
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4 Jan 22
A government anti-fraud team has recovered more than £1bn from tax offenders and criminals in the five years since it was set up, according to HM Revenue and Customs.
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4 Jan 22
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust chief executive Kevin McGee has been awarded an OBE for his services to the NHS.
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4 Jan 22
An improved financial outlook means Peterborough City Council is unlikely to need to use capital financing flexibilities which it previously requested from central government, it has emerged.
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23 Dec 21
Nottingham City Council has agreed to sell an investment property in Birmingham, citing the risks associated with owning it.
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22 Dec 21
English councils which have distributed highest amounts to businesses through the Covid-19 Additional Restrictions Grant scheme will get the largest allocations from a £100m top-up ...
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21 Dec 21
A councillor responsible for overseeing Covid-19 relief for small businesses fraudulently applied for a £10,000 hardship grant for an inoperative pizza restaurant he owned, a court has found.
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20 Dec 21
The UK government has doubled the amount of funding provided to devolved administrations to tackle Covid-19 from the £430m pledged last week.
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20 Dec 21
PF rounds up the five biggest local authority treasury management stories that got readers clicking over the past 12 months.
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20 Dec 21
The final version of CIPFA’s Prudential Code has been adopted after a consultation taking the best part of a year.
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17 Dec 21
Local authorities in England are set to receive £45m over the next three years, alongside extended accounts deadlines, to help improve the timeliness of local audit.
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17 Dec 21
The allocation of the local government settlement, steering more funding to deprived councils, is a signal of the government’s intentions on 'levelling up', according to experts.
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16 Dec 21
Local authorities are set to receive a share of a one-off £822m services grant in 2022-23, to help meet service demands, as part of a single-year provisional local government settlement announced on...
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16 Dec 21
The Bank of England has raised the cost of borrowing for the first time since the onset of Covid-19 despite fears of the Omicron variant slowing the economy, citing worries about inflation.
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16 Dec 21
Up to 80% of private finance initiatives contracts set to expire by 2028 are not covered by a solid plan for the return to the public sector, according to government’s infrastructure body.
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15 Dec 21
A Birmingham gang alleged to have made millions by defrauding the universal credit system has been raided by police.
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15 Dec 21
Nottingham City Council has issued a Section 114 notice over the “unlawful” use of almost £16m of funds which should have been allocated for housing.
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15 Dec 21
As 2022 draws nearer, PF rounds up the best-read stories of the current year.
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15 Dec 21
Bolton Council has revealed that its application for £16m from the Levelling up Fund – which was not granted by Whitehall – was submitted late due to the documents being too...
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14 Dec 21
The Bank of England must not delay raising interest rates despite the economic risks around the Omicron variant of Covid-19, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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14 Dec 21
Former National Audit Office director Aileen Murphie has been appointed to chair a new CIPFA panel to provide guidance on professional conduct and best practice.
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14 Dec 21
The UK’s “rapid” economic recovery after lockdowns and the government’s efforts to cut the deficit following the large Covid-19 support schemes have led to rating agency Fitch affirming its judgement...
5 Jan 22A Nottinghamshire council is considering whether to reverse a proposed council tax increase of 1.99% in its next budget following a larger-than-expected grant from central government.
5 Jan 22More than 100 local authorities will press ahead with a High Court claim for hundreds of millions of pounds in compensation from truck manufacturers which the European Commission ruled...
5 Jan 22The Financial Reporting Council has fined accounting firm Mazars £250,000 over "insufficient and undocumented” challenge on the valuation of refurbishment costs in a local authority audit.
4 Jan 22Great Yarmouth Borough Council is to set up a new subsidiary company to manage services, after it decided against extending a joint venture.
4 Jan 22A government anti-fraud team has recovered more than £1bn from tax offenders and criminals in the five years since it was set up, according to HM Revenue and Customs.
4 Jan 22Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust chief executive Kevin McGee has been awarded an OBE for his services to the NHS.
4 Jan 22An improved financial outlook means Peterborough City Council is unlikely to need to use capital financing flexibilities which it previously requested from central government, it has emerged.
23 Dec 21Nottingham City Council has agreed to sell an investment property in Birmingham, citing the risks associated with owning it.
22 Dec 21English councils which have distributed highest amounts to businesses through the Covid-19 Additional Restrictions Grant scheme will get the largest allocations from a £100m top-up ...
21 Dec 21A councillor responsible for overseeing Covid-19 relief for small businesses fraudulently applied for a £10,000 hardship grant for an inoperative pizza restaurant he owned, a court has found.
20 Dec 21The UK government has doubled the amount of funding provided to devolved administrations to tackle Covid-19 from the £430m pledged last week.
20 Dec 21PF rounds up the five biggest local authority treasury management stories that got readers clicking over the past 12 months.
20 Dec 21The final version of CIPFA’s Prudential Code has been adopted after a consultation taking the best part of a year.
16 Dec 21Local authorities are set to receive a share of a one-off £822m services grant in 2022-23, to help meet service demands, as part of a single-year provisional local government settlement announced on...
16 Dec 21The Bank of England has raised the cost of borrowing for the first time since the onset of Covid-19 despite fears of the Omicron variant slowing the economy, citing worries about inflation.
16 Dec 21Up to 80% of private finance initiatives contracts set to expire by 2028 are not covered by a solid plan for the return to the public sector, according to government’s infrastructure body.
15 Dec 21A Birmingham gang alleged to have made millions by defrauding the universal credit system has been raided by police.
15 Dec 21As 2022 draws nearer, PF rounds up the best-read stories of the current year.
15 Dec 21Bolton Council has revealed that its application for £16m from the Levelling up Fund – which was not granted by Whitehall – was submitted late due to the documents being too...
14 Dec 21The Bank of England must not delay raising interest rates despite the economic risks around the Omicron variant of Covid-19, the International Monetary Fund has said.
14 Dec 21Former National Audit Office director Aileen Murphie has been appointed to chair a new CIPFA panel to provide guidance on professional conduct and best practice.
14 Dec 21The UK’s “rapid” economic recovery after lockdowns and the government’s efforts to cut the deficit following the large Covid-19 support schemes have led to rating agency Fitch affirming its judgement...
