Weak financial controls and a “culture which is not focused upon compliance” contributed to Nottingham City Council’s unlawful spending of housing money, an independent report has concluded.
A further £760m hit to Birmingham City Council’s finances from a 2012 court ruling means the authority needs to “take all necessary steps” to cut spending and avoid issuing a Section 114 notice.
The government will fail to reduce regional inequalities without matching the “serious level” of money spent developing East Germany following unification, an expert told Public Finance Live...
Fraud investigators will be unable to successfully tackle international money laundering and corruption without a significant increase in funding, delegates at Public Finance Live were told.
The failure of public bodies to adequately maintain their properties represents a ticking time bomb for local authorities, an expert told delegates at Public Finance live.
The coming years will be defined more by politics than the economy, despite inflation and the cost-of-living crisis dominating the agenda right now, Public Finance Live heard.
Public sector bodies will fail to create a diverse workforce without adequate funding and radical cultural changes, experts told delegates at Public Finance Live.
Woking was lent millions of pounds of public money just two days before the government published a damning review into its finances and sent in commissioners, leading to accusations of a “lack of any...
The work of public sector staff has meant that despite “seemingly never-ending challenges” from global events and tough financial circumstances, the sector continues to deliver services for the...
NHS and teaching unions have warned the rejection of pay review body recommendations will lead to extra strike action and undermine the remit of the bodies.
A “failure of management oversight and gross incompetence” within Renfrewshire Council contributed to the construction of a school as much as three times too small, an independent review has found.
“Substantial underinvestment” in an ageing NHS estate has worsened care backlogs and left healthcare services worse than other developed countries, experts have warned.
Covid-19’s continued impact on passenger numbers led to the council company that owns Luton Airport making more than £230m of losses in its most recently published accounts, but the council has...
Any hope of sustainably clearing the huge backlog in local government audit will fail unless the underlying issue of audit resources is fixed, a committee of MPs has said.
Northern Ireland’s civil servants have warned that “sub-optimal” budgets will lead to further cuts that could constrain council services and worsen court delays.
The fall in productivity since the onset of Covid-19 has meant the NHS has been unable to “secure the full benefits” of increased spending and staff numbers, the National Audit Office has warned.
Almost three-quarters of councils in England have used reserves to pay for ballooning adult social care costs – a fact care leaders have highlighted as unsustainable.
The Local Government Association has defended its corporate peer challenge process after being questioned over a 2019 report praising the approach that led Woking Borough Council to a financial...