A major shake-up of council funding that would shift resources to areas of higher deprivation has been set out as part of a wide-ranging package of reforms.
Fees for local government audits will rise by 9.5%, the body responsible for setting them has said while insisting measures to address the crisis in the system must make audit work more proportionate...
Havering Council will need to issue a Section 114 notice unless it receives extraordinary help or new funding, its leader warned as the authority opened a consultation on options to address a...
The overwhelming lack of reliable financial data submitted by the English local authority sector to the Whole of Government Accounts has led the comptroller and auditor general to disclaim his...
The Scottish Government has been warned that its reliance on short-term budget fixes poses a significant risk to fiscal sustainability and future public service delivery.
Local authorities could be required to replace homes sold under Right to Buy on a like-for-like basis as part of a government plan to reverse the decline in council housing.
The government has claimed that all regions in England, but in particular "historically underserved" rural areas and small towns, will benefit from the money.
Hampshire County Council has warned it is on the brink of joining the ranks of authorities facing financial collapse, with a Section 114 notice next year looking increasingly likely.
Teenagers whose youth clubs closed amid austerity went on to perform less well at school and were more likely to become involved in criminal activity, new research has suggested.
New controls aimed at pruning Whitehall’s consultancy bill by over £1bn should herald a cultural change in how consultants are procured across the public sector, the government has said.
Major Local Government Pension Scheme consolidation is on the cards as part of a radical shake-up of the pensions market aimed at generating long-term investment.
It is arguably an “abdication of responsibility” to not have a local plan in place setting out the communities’ needs, according to England’s former chief planner Steve Quartermain.
