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1 Jul 22
The government launched its post-Brexit investment bank more than a year faster than similar lending facilities, meaning it was unable to state how it will meet objectives, according to the National...
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1 Jul 22
Councils in England will need to tighten their budgets and prioritise spending on core services as inflation piles pressure on resources, a Treasury minister has warned.
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30 Jun 22
The combined impact of Covid-19 and the cost-of-living crisis will see a city council make “tough choices” on services as budget cuts of close to 20% loom.
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30 Jun 22
Rising construction costs linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have led to a Yorkshire authority postponing planned road maintenance.
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29 Jun 22
A London council has agreed a multi-million-pound settlement following a legal dispute over cladding fitted during refurbishments to a private finance initiative housing estate.
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29 Jun 22
Levelling up secretary Michael Gove has confirmed councils in England will receive two-year funding settlements from next year to help them plan with “a greater degree of confidence”.
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28 Jun 22
Rising prices and wages have been tipped to cost councils an additional £3.6bn in two years’ time, putting pressure on authority budgets and risking the need for them to cut services.
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28 Jun 22
The Welsh government will give more than 500 people leaving care a guaranteed income of £1,600 per month for two years to help them along in their transition to adulthood.
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27 Jun 22
Nottingham City Council has called the government’s announcement it could step in to run some of the authority’s services “clearly disappointing”, saying it is already making improvements by itself.
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24 Jun 22
The 2020-21 ‘tax gap’ – the estimated difference between the amount of tax expected and the amount collected – was £32bn, according to HMRC.
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24 Jun 22
Government work evaluating innovative programmes in children’s social care has been praised as exemplary, with the National Audit Office saying it “will be of value to other departments”.
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23 Jun 22
The UK’s £22bn infrastructure bank has said it expects clean energy will make up the largest sector in its investment portfolio as it unveiled its first ever strategic plan.
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23 Jun 22
The UK government’s debt interest payments in May were among the highest it has ever made, largely because of high inflation.
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23 Jun 22
The UK’s largest teaching union has said it will be “strongly encouraging” its members to vote for strike action if the government does not meet its demand for an above-inflation pay rise for all...
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21 Jun 22
The forecast increase to the national living wage could mean councils have to cut services if they do not receive more funding from the government, sector leaders have warned.
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21 Jun 22
Andy Burnham has criticised the “bidding culture” of local government funding, saying local leaders would make better use of public money than central government if they were given more power...
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20 Jun 22
Inflation is set to put £400m of additional pressure on borough council budgets in London, the body that represents the authorities has said.
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19 Jun 22
Raising the state pension age from 65 to 66 pushed nearly 100,000 65-year-olds into income poverty, leading to calls for more support for people in their 60s to find work.
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17 Jun 22
A council has taken hundreds of thousands of pounds of grants out of next year’s budget as part of a savings drive aimed at saving the authority millions.
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16 Jun 22
The Scottish government needs to provide more detail on how and why it spent emergency Covid-19 funding, according to the national watchdog.
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16 Jun 22
Local Government Pension Schemes should make a significant push to reform complex governance arrangements to offer a more joined-up and coherent approach, according to experts.
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15 Jun 22
Crisis-hit Slough Borough Council has unveiled plans to restructure its finance department, after independent reviews criticised a “lack of capacity”.
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15 Jun 22
A council in the south of England is set to reverse a decision to terminate an energy contract, after its supplier’s link to the Russian government ended.
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14 Jun 22
Levelling up secretary Michael Gove was unable to confirm how the government will fund the proposed expansion of the right-to-buy scheme, but urged MPs to “watch this space”.
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14 Jun 22
English counties could be forced to reduce services or postpone local infrastructure repairs in 2022-23, as inflation far exceeds initial forecasts.
1 Jul 22The government launched its post-Brexit investment bank more than a year faster than similar lending facilities, meaning it was unable to state how it will meet objectives, according to the National...
1 Jul 22Councils in England will need to tighten their budgets and prioritise spending on core services as inflation piles pressure on resources, a Treasury minister has warned.
30 Jun 22The combined impact of Covid-19 and the cost-of-living crisis will see a city council make “tough choices” on services as budget cuts of close to 20% loom.
30 Jun 22Rising construction costs linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have led to a Yorkshire authority postponing planned road maintenance.
29 Jun 22A London council has agreed a multi-million-pound settlement following a legal dispute over cladding fitted during refurbishments to a private finance initiative housing estate.
29 Jun 22Levelling up secretary Michael Gove has confirmed councils in England will receive two-year funding settlements from next year to help them plan with “a greater degree of confidence”.
28 Jun 22Rising prices and wages have been tipped to cost councils an additional £3.6bn in two years’ time, putting pressure on authority budgets and risking the need for them to cut services.
28 Jun 22The Welsh government will give more than 500 people leaving care a guaranteed income of £1,600 per month for two years to help them along in their transition to adulthood.
27 Jun 22Nottingham City Council has called the government’s announcement it could step in to run some of the authority’s services “clearly disappointing”, saying it is already making improvements by itself.
24 Jun 22The 2020-21 ‘tax gap’ – the estimated difference between the amount of tax expected and the amount collected – was £32bn, according to HMRC.
23 Jun 22The UK’s £22bn infrastructure bank has said it expects clean energy will make up the largest sector in its investment portfolio as it unveiled its first ever strategic plan.
23 Jun 22The UK government’s debt interest payments in May were among the highest it has ever made, largely because of high inflation.
23 Jun 22The UK’s largest teaching union has said it will be “strongly encouraging” its members to vote for strike action if the government does not meet its demand for an above-inflation pay rise for all...
21 Jun 22Andy Burnham has criticised the “bidding culture” of local government funding, saying local leaders would make better use of public money than central government if they were given more power...
20 Jun 22Inflation is set to put £400m of additional pressure on borough council budgets in London, the body that represents the authorities has said.
19 Jun 22Raising the state pension age from 65 to 66 pushed nearly 100,000 65-year-olds into income poverty, leading to calls for more support for people in their 60s to find work.
17 Jun 22A council has taken hundreds of thousands of pounds of grants out of next year’s budget as part of a savings drive aimed at saving the authority millions.
16 Jun 22The Scottish government needs to provide more detail on how and why it spent emergency Covid-19 funding, according to the national watchdog.
16 Jun 22Local Government Pension Schemes should make a significant push to reform complex governance arrangements to offer a more joined-up and coherent approach, according to experts.
15 Jun 22Crisis-hit Slough Borough Council has unveiled plans to restructure its finance department, after independent reviews criticised a “lack of capacity”.
15 Jun 22A council in the south of England is set to reverse a decision to terminate an energy contract, after its supplier’s link to the Russian government ended.
14 Jun 22English counties could be forced to reduce services or postpone local infrastructure repairs in 2022-23, as inflation far exceeds initial forecasts.
