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17 Jan 22
Suffolk County Council has agreed a £700m joint-venture with property developer Lovell Partnerships, to provide almost 3,000 homes over a 15-year period.
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14 Jan 22
The agency administering housing benefit on behalf of the Northern Irish government has had its 2020-21 accounts qualified over “material levels” of fraud and error, according to the...
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14 Jan 22
The government has told NHS England to give private hospitals up to £270m before the end of March as part of an arrangement that does not necessarily mean they will treat any NHS patients.
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14 Jan 22
A London council incorrectly interpreted government guidance on fraudulent claims, preventing two businesses from receiving Covid-19 support grants, according to the Local Government Social Care...
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13 Jan 22
The government could consult on reforms to local government funding as early as this Spring, according to local government minister Kemi Badenoch.
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13 Jan 22
Falkirk Council has so far been unable to make “difficult decisions” it needs to in order to make the savings required for financial sustainability, according to a watchdog’s heavily critical report.
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13 Jan 22
A county’s decision to give a former chief executive a £95,000 exit payment failed to follow internal policies and procedures and was unlawful, according to Audit Wales.
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13 Jan 22
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee said there is no convincing case for a Bank of England digital currency, raising concerns it could impede on payment privacy.
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12 Jan 22
The Department for Education intends to proceed with plans to scrap a £50m school improvement grant, despite objections from the sector over financial pressures.
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12 Jan 22
The UK government could introduce a domestic minimum tax rate of 15% for multinational companies in an attempt to steer revenues away from low-tax territories towards the Treasury.
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12 Jan 22
Warrington Borough Council has given the green light to on-lend £37.5m to a housing provider, whilst speculation continues over the future of its partly-owned company Together Energy.
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11 Jan 22
A West Midlands borough council failed to follow its own procedures when awarding SEND transport contracts and will likely need to restart the procurement process to avoid possible legal challenge.
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11 Jan 22
Manchester City Council has proposed spending up to £39m to invest in renewable energy, to contribute towards its net zero ambitions.
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11 Jan 22
The chief executive of audit firm KPMG has apologised for misleading the Financial Reporting Council during a quality review of an audit of financial statements produced by former...
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11 Jan 22
English council’s finances were not as badly affected by Covid-19 as had been expected, according to new research – but the authors warned against government complacency in the coming years amid the...
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10 Jan 22
Local government secretary Michael Gove has suggested that higher taxes could be levied on property developers as a “backstop” to fund the £4bn removal of dangerous Grenfell-style cladding.
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7 Jan 22
A waste management authority for seven London boroughs, borrowed £280m from the Public Works Loan Board last month to help fund a new waste-to-energy facility.
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7 Jan 22
Cambridgeshire County Council is set to approve a retention payment scheme for social care workers, to help improve staff retention.
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7 Jan 22
CIPFA provides “challenging” training that helps public finance professionals learn skills allowing them to go beyond their core finance and accounting tasks, according to government inspection body...
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6 Jan 22
Luton Borough Council is set to establish a new body to provide oversight and advice on the authority’s commercial companies and joint ventures.
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6 Jan 22
Together Energy, a company partly owned by Warrington Borough Council, could run out of funding by the end of this month, it has emerged.
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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.