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27 Jan 22
Continuing weaknesses with financial modelling within Whitehall is putting public value for money at risk, according to the National Audit Office.
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27 Jan 22
Measures announced in chancellor Rishi Sunak's October Budget are likely to boost inflation, MPs have warned.
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27 Jan 22
A borough council paid a social care provider £1.2m more than it was owed, due to a “lack of a common understanding of roles and responsibilities”, according to an internal audit.
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26 Jan 22
London Borough of Croydon failed to ensure it was acting lawfully over an agreement with its housing subsidiary Brick by Brick on a major regeneration project, auditors have found.
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26 Jan 22
A county council is set to begin releasing details about its carbon emissions together with its annual budget in order to monitor its impact on the environment.
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26 Jan 22
A former director of commercial and income generation for South Somerset District Council was sacked by the authority after allegations she used authority staff and resources to work on a...
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25 Jan 22
Central government interest payments were up by 200% in December from a year earlier due to inflation reaching a three-decade high.
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25 Jan 22
External auditors are set to qualify a London borough's statement of accounts for 2018-19 and 2019-20 on a number of grounds, including a failure to consolidate financial statements of...
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24 Jan 22
Lord Agnew of Oulton has resigned as a minister, citing “arrogance, indolence and ignorance” across government in relation to counter fraud.
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24 Jan 22
Conservative votes would “evaporate” at the next election if the government raises national insurance as planned, according to a senior Tory.
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24 Jan 22
A senior consultant at CIPFA is set to take over as interim section 151 officer at Peterborough City Council, as the authority seeks financial stability.
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21 Jan 22
Most aspects of Northern Ireland’s draft budget show no evidence of strategic priority setting, the chair of the NI Fiscal Council has said on the publication of the organisation’s first annual...
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21 Jan 22
A housing subsidiary to which Cambridgeshire County Council has loaned £114m is at risk of failing to deliver on its business case, according to an independent report.
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21 Jan 22
London Borough of Croydon has provisionally appointed a new permanent Section 151 officer, as it narrows down the field of candidates to fill a separate £100,000+ a year commercial investment...
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21 Jan 22
Harlow Council is set to raid its reserves to fund a reduction in council tax bills by £50 per property next year.
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20 Jan 22
The UK government’s lack of engagement with devolved administrations over the £2.6bn fund aimed at replacing regional European Union funding has strained relationships across the union,...
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20 Jan 22
The value of two retail investments made by Surrey County Council in 2017 has plummeted by tens of millions of pounds – to less than half of the original purchase price – due to Covid-19.
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19 Jan 22
An Oxfordshire district council and the county authority are set to end their shared services arrangement after the new county administration decided the benefits “no longer outweigh the negatives”.
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19 Jan 22
Spelthorne District Council has voted not to reimpose a moratorium on high-rise housing development that delayed its own affordable housing programme, costing it more than £1m.
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19 Jan 22
Five payments providers have been fined a combined £33m for "illegal cartel behaviour" that reduced choice for councils buying pre-paid cards used to distribute welfare payments to the...
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18 Jan 22
An energy company in which Warrington Borough Council invested £52m has gone bust.
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18 Jan 22
The government has announced its intention to install commissioners at a West Midlands local authority, with powers to dismiss and appoint senior officers, including the section 151 officer.
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18 Jan 22
Social housing conditions have deteriorated in part because housing associations have become accountable to investors in the City, rather than to tenants, sector experts told MPs this week.
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17 Jan 22
The Treasury has written off the possibility of recovering most of the money lost to fraud and error during the pandemic, according to official documents.
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17 Jan 22
Warrington Borough Council is to write down the value of a stake in a business bank it bought in 2017 by millions of pounds.
27 Jan 22Continuing weaknesses with financial modelling within Whitehall is putting public value for money at risk, according to the National Audit Office.
27 Jan 22Measures announced in chancellor Rishi Sunak's October Budget are likely to boost inflation, MPs have warned.
27 Jan 22A borough council paid a social care provider £1.2m more than it was owed, due to a “lack of a common understanding of roles and responsibilities”, according to an internal audit.
26 Jan 22London Borough of Croydon failed to ensure it was acting lawfully over an agreement with its housing subsidiary Brick by Brick on a major regeneration project, auditors have found.
26 Jan 22A county council is set to begin releasing details about its carbon emissions together with its annual budget in order to monitor its impact on the environment.
26 Jan 22A former director of commercial and income generation for South Somerset District Council was sacked by the authority after allegations she used authority staff and resources to work on a...
25 Jan 22Central government interest payments were up by 200% in December from a year earlier due to inflation reaching a three-decade high.
25 Jan 22External auditors are set to qualify a London borough's statement of accounts for 2018-19 and 2019-20 on a number of grounds, including a failure to consolidate financial statements of...
24 Jan 22Lord Agnew of Oulton has resigned as a minister, citing “arrogance, indolence and ignorance” across government in relation to counter fraud.
24 Jan 22Conservative votes would “evaporate” at the next election if the government raises national insurance as planned, according to a senior Tory.
24 Jan 22A senior consultant at CIPFA is set to take over as interim section 151 officer at Peterborough City Council, as the authority seeks financial stability.
21 Jan 22Most aspects of Northern Ireland’s draft budget show no evidence of strategic priority setting, the chair of the NI Fiscal Council has said on the publication of the organisation’s first annual...
21 Jan 22A housing subsidiary to which Cambridgeshire County Council has loaned £114m is at risk of failing to deliver on its business case, according to an independent report.
21 Jan 22London Borough of Croydon has provisionally appointed a new permanent Section 151 officer, as it narrows down the field of candidates to fill a separate £100,000+ a year commercial investment...
21 Jan 22Harlow Council is set to raid its reserves to fund a reduction in council tax bills by £50 per property next year.
20 Jan 22The UK government’s lack of engagement with devolved administrations over the £2.6bn fund aimed at replacing regional European Union funding has strained relationships across the union,...
20 Jan 22The value of two retail investments made by Surrey County Council in 2017 has plummeted by tens of millions of pounds – to less than half of the original purchase price – due to Covid-19.
19 Jan 22An Oxfordshire district council and the county authority are set to end their shared services arrangement after the new county administration decided the benefits “no longer outweigh the negatives”.
19 Jan 22Spelthorne District Council has voted not to reimpose a moratorium on high-rise housing development that delayed its own affordable housing programme, costing it more than £1m.
19 Jan 22Five payments providers have been fined a combined £33m for "illegal cartel behaviour" that reduced choice for councils buying pre-paid cards used to distribute welfare payments to the...
18 Jan 22An energy company in which Warrington Borough Council invested £52m has gone bust.
18 Jan 22The government has announced its intention to install commissioners at a West Midlands local authority, with powers to dismiss and appoint senior officers, including the section 151 officer.
18 Jan 22Social housing conditions have deteriorated in part because housing associations have become accountable to investors in the City, rather than to tenants, sector experts told MPs this week.
17 Jan 22The Treasury has written off the possibility of recovering most of the money lost to fraud and error during the pandemic, according to official documents.
17 Jan 22Warrington Borough Council is to write down the value of a stake in a business bank it bought in 2017 by millions of pounds.
