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8 Jun 21
London Borough of Croydon is to close a subsidiary company selling adult mobility aids after it lost almost £300,000 in three years.
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8 Jun 21
The cost of government responses to Covid-19 in Northern Ireland topped £6bn as both Stormont and Westminster worked to fight the health and economic crises caused by the virus.
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7 Jun 21
Three years of hard work since Northamptonshire County Council’s financial collapse means the two unitary authorities that replaced it have been left with solid financial foundations, the government-...
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7 Jun 21
City of Edinburgh Council will progress with a £30m housing pilot which could see former council homes sold back to the authority to cover essential repairs.
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7 Jun 21
The Treasury’s decision to reject a £15bn school recovery programme suggests a broader problem with the UK’s budgeting framework, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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5 Jun 21
New procurement rules will require all bidders for central government contracts to have signed plans to reduce their net carbon emissions to zero by 2050.
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4 Jun 21
Regulators have threatened to close down Luton Borough Council’s wholly-owned housing development company after it failed to file its accounts.
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4 Jun 21
New procurement guidance that aims to push the wider benefits of public spending alongside value for money will only have “teeth” once legislation is adopted, according to experts.
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4 Jun 21
A new consultation on guidance for special severance payments to local government workers will be published soon by the government, an expert told PF.
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3 Jun 21
The lack of government transparency around councils in financial distress makes scrutiny impossible and leaves authorities and service users vulnerable in the wake of Covid-19, MPs have said.
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3 Jun 21
Kevan Collins, the government's education recovery commissioner, has resigned following a "furious" row erupted with the Treasury over the department's rejection of his proposals for a £15bn school...
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3 Jun 21
Thanet District Council’s cabinet is being asked to approve £733,000 for legal costs relating to ongoing disciplinary and grievance proceedings in the face of low reserves.
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2 Jun 21
The London Borough of Croydon has delayed plans to scrap a project which would have seen the authority transfer housing assets to its pension fund.
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2 Jun 21
The government has come under fire for an “insufficient” £1.4bn education package aimed at providing additional tutoring help recover lost Covid-19 teaching.
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1 Jun 21
Covid-19 led to UK healthcare spending reaching £269bn in 2020, a fifth higher than the previous year’s figure, according to Office for National Statistics data.
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1 Jun 21
A “prevalent, negative culture” at Nottingham City Council in which officers regularly fail to comply with processes and rules has drawn criticism from its internal auditors.
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28 May 21
Amendments to international reporting standards proposed this week will see auditors demand more involvement with councils' processes for identifying fraud, an expert told PF.
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28 May 21
A new mechanism is needed to provide the government and public with an early warning system prior to the publishing of section 114 notices, Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier told PF.
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28 May 21
The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government is recruiting economists and finance officers to work in its second headquarters – revealed today to be opening in Wolverhampton.
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28 May 21
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak to clarify the working relationship between the Bank of England and department throughout Covid-19.
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27 May 21
Dominic Cummings, the prime minister’s former adviser, described the Department of Health’s procurement system as “completely useless” at dealing with Covid-19, but praised chancellor Rishi Sunak in...
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27 May 21
Scottish councils are at risk of becoming financially unsustainable without long-term funding settlements, the sector’s spending watchdog has warned.
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26 May 21
The proposed merging of the Pensions Regulator’s Code of Practice needs further clarity around the role of public pension committees and boards, an advisor told PF.
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26 May 21
The Scottish National Party has proposed scrapping business rates, council tax and property transaction duties in favour of a land value tax, to give local government greater control over its...
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25 May 21
The UK’s “de facto” flagship industrial policy “appears to have completely failed” to encourage research and development spending, a group of Cambridge academics have found.
8 Jun 21London Borough of Croydon is to close a subsidiary company selling adult mobility aids after it lost almost £300,000 in three years.
8 Jun 21The cost of government responses to Covid-19 in Northern Ireland topped £6bn as both Stormont and Westminster worked to fight the health and economic crises caused by the virus.
7 Jun 21Three years of hard work since Northamptonshire County Council’s financial collapse means the two unitary authorities that replaced it have been left with solid financial foundations, the government-...
7 Jun 21City of Edinburgh Council will progress with a £30m housing pilot which could see former council homes sold back to the authority to cover essential repairs.
7 Jun 21The Treasury’s decision to reject a £15bn school recovery programme suggests a broader problem with the UK’s budgeting framework, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
5 Jun 21New procurement rules will require all bidders for central government contracts to have signed plans to reduce their net carbon emissions to zero by 2050.
4 Jun 21Regulators have threatened to close down Luton Borough Council’s wholly-owned housing development company after it failed to file its accounts.
4 Jun 21New procurement guidance that aims to push the wider benefits of public spending alongside value for money will only have “teeth” once legislation is adopted, according to experts.
4 Jun 21A new consultation on guidance for special severance payments to local government workers will be published soon by the government, an expert told PF.
3 Jun 21The lack of government transparency around councils in financial distress makes scrutiny impossible and leaves authorities and service users vulnerable in the wake of Covid-19, MPs have said.
3 Jun 21Kevan Collins, the government's education recovery commissioner, has resigned following a "furious" row erupted with the Treasury over the department's rejection of his proposals for a £15bn school...
3 Jun 21Thanet District Council’s cabinet is being asked to approve £733,000 for legal costs relating to ongoing disciplinary and grievance proceedings in the face of low reserves.
2 Jun 21The government has come under fire for an “insufficient” £1.4bn education package aimed at providing additional tutoring help recover lost Covid-19 teaching.
1 Jun 21Covid-19 led to UK healthcare spending reaching £269bn in 2020, a fifth higher than the previous year’s figure, according to Office for National Statistics data.
1 Jun 21A “prevalent, negative culture” at Nottingham City Council in which officers regularly fail to comply with processes and rules has drawn criticism from its internal auditors.
28 May 21Amendments to international reporting standards proposed this week will see auditors demand more involvement with councils' processes for identifying fraud, an expert told PF.
28 May 21A new mechanism is needed to provide the government and public with an early warning system prior to the publishing of section 114 notices, Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier told PF.
28 May 21The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government is recruiting economists and finance officers to work in its second headquarters – revealed today to be opening in Wolverhampton.
28 May 21The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak to clarify the working relationship between the Bank of England and department throughout Covid-19.
27 May 21Dominic Cummings, the prime minister’s former adviser, described the Department of Health’s procurement system as “completely useless” at dealing with Covid-19, but praised chancellor Rishi Sunak in...
27 May 21Scottish councils are at risk of becoming financially unsustainable without long-term funding settlements, the sector’s spending watchdog has warned.
26 May 21The proposed merging of the Pensions Regulator’s Code of Practice needs further clarity around the role of public pension committees and boards, an advisor told PF.
26 May 21The Scottish National Party has proposed scrapping business rates, council tax and property transaction duties in favour of a land value tax, to give local government greater control over its...
25 May 21The UK’s “de facto” flagship industrial policy “appears to have completely failed” to encourage research and development spending, a group of Cambridge academics have found.
