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21 Mar 22
The London Borough of Camden has joined the growing number of authorities in the UK to launch a community bond to help finance carbon reduction projects.
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18 Mar 22
The government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda is reliant on detail on funding reforms omitted from last month’s white paper, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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18 Mar 22
The government’s failure to allocate enough funding for its social care reforms could lead to the widespread closures of homes, councils have warned.
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18 Mar 22
Business rates are “finished” as a form of funding for local government, according to former communities secretary Lord Pickles, in the second part of an exclusive interview with PF.
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17 Mar 22
CIPFA/LASAAC has provisionally decided to delay implementation of IFRS16 Leases in local authority accounts for another two years following an emergency consultation.
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17 Mar 22
The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the third month running – to 0.75% – in an attempt to tame soaring inflation.
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17 Mar 22
Measuring the effectiveness of billions of pounds of Covid-19 support paid to Scottish firms is impossible due to the poor quality of data collected by the Scottish government, according to...
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17 Mar 22
The government must clarify how councils administer energy bill rebates to ensure that nobody misses out on payments, according to Clive Betts, chair of Parliament's Levelling Up, Housing and...
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16 Mar 22
The government’s decision to freeze income tax bands will provide the government with £20bn additional revenue a year, more than double initial forecasts, according to the Institute for Fiscal...
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16 Mar 22
The level of fraud in the government’s Covid-19 loan schemes is around £1.5bn less than previously forecast, according to senior officials at the British Business Bank.
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15 Mar 22
Councils in England have urged the government to consider removing licences for energy providers linked to help them exit contracts, PF understands.
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15 Mar 22
Leeds City Council's energy bill is set to soar by almost 40% in 2022-23, due to market volatility, it has emerged.
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15 Mar 22
A senior external auditor is set to become the first director of local audit at the Financial Reporting Council, as part of sector-wide reforms to improve standards.
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15 Mar 22
Almost all eligible public bodies in England have registered for the national auditor procurement scheme run by Public Sector Audit Appointments from 2023, the oversight body has announced.
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11 Mar 22
A spending watchdog has advised a Welsh authority to seek ministerial assistance after continued governance problems meant it failed to make progress on statutory recommendations.
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11 Mar 22
The Ministry of Defence’s £5.5bn plan to update the British Army’s ageing tank fleet is under threat due to an ongoing a dispute about the condition of replacement vehicles, according to the National...
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11 Mar 22
Social housing landlords are failing to maintain homes and build new ones due to the cost of replacing cladding on high rise blocks, according to MPs.
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10 Mar 22
The former Cabinet Office and Treasury minister who resigned in January over the government’s measures to tackle fraud in Covid-19 loan schemes yesterday told MPs that officials and...
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10 Mar 22
A judge has ruled in favour of Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham’s plan to bring bus services back under public control after two companies brought a judicial review against the plans.
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9 Mar 22
Slough Borough Council has sacked its chief executive with immediate effect, following an investigation which alleged she failed to challenge or manage the authority’s budget.
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9 Mar 22
Sajid Javid has said the health service needs “one of the most comprehensive reform plans that this country has ever seen” if it is to avoid becoming unsustainably expensive and requiring cuts to...
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9 Mar 22
Two councils planning to end a joint management arrangement lack detail over the anticipated costs, and need to focus on appointing a section 151 officer, according to a CIPFA report.
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8 Mar 22
Nottingham City Council has approved a raft of yearly savings aimed at helping it deliver a forecast budget balance in 2025-26.
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8 Mar 22
The UK government will provide Ukraine with millions of pounds to help shore up its public finances during the ongoing Russian invasion.
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8 Mar 22
Slough Borough Council has received minded approval for £307m of financing flexibilities through a capitalisation direction, to help correct accounting issues and balance budgets.
21 Mar 22The London Borough of Camden has joined the growing number of authorities in the UK to launch a community bond to help finance carbon reduction projects.
18 Mar 22The government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda is reliant on detail on funding reforms omitted from last month’s white paper, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
18 Mar 22The government’s failure to allocate enough funding for its social care reforms could lead to the widespread closures of homes, councils have warned.
18 Mar 22Business rates are “finished” as a form of funding for local government, according to former communities secretary Lord Pickles, in the second part of an exclusive interview with PF.
17 Mar 22CIPFA/LASAAC has provisionally decided to delay implementation of IFRS16 Leases in local authority accounts for another two years following an emergency consultation.
17 Mar 22The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the third month running – to 0.75% – in an attempt to tame soaring inflation.
17 Mar 22Measuring the effectiveness of billions of pounds of Covid-19 support paid to Scottish firms is impossible due to the poor quality of data collected by the Scottish government, according to...
17 Mar 22The government must clarify how councils administer energy bill rebates to ensure that nobody misses out on payments, according to Clive Betts, chair of Parliament's Levelling Up, Housing and...
16 Mar 22The government’s decision to freeze income tax bands will provide the government with £20bn additional revenue a year, more than double initial forecasts, according to the Institute for Fiscal...
16 Mar 22The level of fraud in the government’s Covid-19 loan schemes is around £1.5bn less than previously forecast, according to senior officials at the British Business Bank.
15 Mar 22Councils in England have urged the government to consider removing licences for energy providers linked to help them exit contracts, PF understands.
15 Mar 22Leeds City Council's energy bill is set to soar by almost 40% in 2022-23, due to market volatility, it has emerged.
15 Mar 22A senior external auditor is set to become the first director of local audit at the Financial Reporting Council, as part of sector-wide reforms to improve standards.
15 Mar 22Almost all eligible public bodies in England have registered for the national auditor procurement scheme run by Public Sector Audit Appointments from 2023, the oversight body has announced.
11 Mar 22A spending watchdog has advised a Welsh authority to seek ministerial assistance after continued governance problems meant it failed to make progress on statutory recommendations.
11 Mar 22The Ministry of Defence’s £5.5bn plan to update the British Army’s ageing tank fleet is under threat due to an ongoing a dispute about the condition of replacement vehicles, according to the National...
11 Mar 22Social housing landlords are failing to maintain homes and build new ones due to the cost of replacing cladding on high rise blocks, according to MPs.
10 Mar 22The former Cabinet Office and Treasury minister who resigned in January over the government’s measures to tackle fraud in Covid-19 loan schemes yesterday told MPs that officials and...
10 Mar 22A judge has ruled in favour of Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham’s plan to bring bus services back under public control after two companies brought a judicial review against the plans.
9 Mar 22Slough Borough Council has sacked its chief executive with immediate effect, following an investigation which alleged she failed to challenge or manage the authority’s budget.
9 Mar 22Sajid Javid has said the health service needs “one of the most comprehensive reform plans that this country has ever seen” if it is to avoid becoming unsustainably expensive and requiring cuts to...
9 Mar 22Two councils planning to end a joint management arrangement lack detail over the anticipated costs, and need to focus on appointing a section 151 officer, according to a CIPFA report.
8 Mar 22Nottingham City Council has approved a raft of yearly savings aimed at helping it deliver a forecast budget balance in 2025-26.
8 Mar 22The UK government will provide Ukraine with millions of pounds to help shore up its public finances during the ongoing Russian invasion.
8 Mar 22Slough Borough Council has received minded approval for £307m of financing flexibilities through a capitalisation direction, to help correct accounting issues and balance budgets.
