The government is to retrospectively ban business rates appeals based on a drop in property values due to Covid-19, a move labelled as “scandalous” by rating advisers.
A decision by NHS trusts to back down in their legal battle to receive business rates rebates removes a huge headache for local authorities, experts have told PF.
Concerns raised by legal and finance officers over land sales by Liverpool City Council went ignored, according to the damning report likely to lead to commissioners being imposed at the authority.
A government review has uncovered a litany of mismanagement relating to procurement, standalone companies and property-related services by Liverpool City Council.
Prime minister Boris Johnson said it is “highly likely” that the long-awaited reform of the adult social care system will be laid out during the Queen’s Speech in May.
The department for Health and Social Care’s oversight on the adult social care market is ineffective, and the department is unable to say if its funding gives value for money, according to a report...
Public service pension schemes will continue to handle separate payments for historic provisions, after the government deemed a potential replacement as too resource intensive.
A government consultation on business rates has found widespread opposition to its replacement by a capital values tax – but the idea of an online service tax got a warmer welcome.
Five local authorities will receive almost £100m combined over the next five financial years, to help fill deficits in their special educational needs and disability budgets.
The government has confirmed hundreds of millions of extra pounds in emergency Covid-19 support for Transport for London and tram services suffering due to reduced passenger numbers.
The government is poised to appoint commissioners to take over the day-to-day running of Liverpool City Council following a corruption probe, according to reports.
Adult social care services will receive £341m to continue to keep vulnerable people safe from Covid-19 even as restrictions begin to ease and the vaccine rollout continues.
Anticipated council tax losses for local authorities in England resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic are now more than a third lower initial expectations.
The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government is turning its spotlight on local health bodies as part of its fundamental review of local government audit.
The government needs to improve its support to local authorities to ensure that private finance initiative infrastructure returns to the public sector in a useable condition.
Departmental spending reductions implied by the Budget are more severe than first thought, and could see funding 8% lower than pre-Covid plans in some areas, according to the Institute for Fiscal...
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has won the first half of its battle to force Thurrock Council to disclose details of more than £700m of loans from other councils and the investments they went...
The government has revised support measures to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority after pulling out of a £100m affordable housing agreement.
