Proposals to raise council tax rates for properties in the highest bands in Scotland shy away from the fundamental reform local taxation needs, researchers have said.
Liz Truss has criticised the role of institutions and blamed the “anti-growth coalition” for failing to implement her tax-cutting agenda during her short stint as prime minister last year.
Financial pressures at Derbyshire County Council are “greater than ever experienced before” and have prompted the authority to propose stopping all non-essential spending to try to deal with a £46.4m...
Hidden liabilities totalling billions of pounds could be awaiting local authorities who have not fixed discriminatory pay policies, a lawyer at the centre of Birmingham City Council’s case has said.
Government-appointed commissioners at Slough Borough Council have warned their intervention will not reduce until the authority delivers “demonstrable and sustained improvement”.
Faltering retail investments have saddled a council in levelling up secretary Michael Gove’s constituency with tens of millions of pounds of debt, and left it at risk of a Section 114 notice within...
Declining reserve and cash balances have restricted the use of internal borrowing and left authorities open to greater financing risks, experts have said.
The government will set the “most generous bar” when funding the costs of contingency and reconstruction works for schools affected by RAAC, a senior official has said.
Qualified opinions on historical council accounts are likely if the government waives some reporting requirements as it strives for a “system reset”, which it currently plans to do, a senior civil...
The absence of funding reforms and rising costs have restricted council finances and could prevent authorities from hosting major sporting events such as the Commonwealth Games, an expert has said.
Concerns over weak financial management and poor procurement have prompted Audit Wales to publish rare public interest reports against two authorities.
A minister told Woking Borough Council it should review its mammoth capital programme in 2021 while rejecting the authority’s request for financial support.
A growing share of income coming from wealth and property is set to widen inequality between households and hurt social mobility, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.
