Procurement weaknesses and poor asset and project management were key factors behind a critical review from Liverpool City Council’s internal audit team.
Improving procurement practices has the potential to boost value for money in public spending, but the government needs to ensure competition is at the heart of the process, the National Audit Office...
Rising service demand combined with high inflation and rising interest rates has made delivering a balanced budget “very difficult to achieve” without further government support, a councillor at...
The failure to meet best value duty has forced the government to step up its intervention in the London Borough of Croydon, giving the independent panel a statutory footing.
Managing housing services within Newcastle City Council could save nearly £1m a year compared with existing arrangements, freeing up money to be invested in improving the housing stock and serving...
Construction delays and overspends on existing developments mean the government will miss its election target to build 40 hospitals by 2030, the National Audit Office has warned.
The government’s supposed flagship policy of levelling up will fail if councils do not receive additional funding and powers, experts have said after one of the policy’s original architects said...
A central body with powers to oversee local authorities could help prevent disasters similar to the recent collapses in the sector, experts have told PF.
Concerns over how costs of a planned airport expansion were accounted for mean Luton Borough Council’s external auditors could qualify their opinion on four-year-old accounts still yet to be signed...
