The Home Office has no idea what other departments are spending on fraud, despite plans for cross-government collaboration, the National Audit Office has warned.
Ministers should consider scrapping the final round of the Levelling up Fund and use the money to provide funding to current projects that risk being cut because of inflation, an expert has told MPs.
Two county councils could issue section 114 notices “within the next year or so” as they struggle with high inflation and rising service demand without additional funding.
The failure of energy watchdog Ofgem to effectively regulate suppliers has saddled households with higher costs and the government with the bill for bailouts, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
A solar investment company of which Thurrock Council has been named as a “major creditor” has entered into administration in a move the authority has said could help to reduce its high level of debt...
Around a third of UK investors that received money from a Covid-19 support fund would have invested money had the fund not existed, an independent report has found.
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A proposed temporary override to financial reporting on councils’ infrastructure has been welcomed by the sector as an opportunity to take a step back and sort out one of the major problems facing...
Children’s care leaders are concerned next week’s Autumn Statement could bring further austerity, forcing them to cut preventative services in a “false economy” leading to higher costs and worse...
The “inefficient” competitive bidding processes for transport funding should be replaced with a block grant system to ensure improvements are made, a House of Lords Committee has said.
Poor understanding of fraud risks and the failure to set targets to reduce incorrect payments could see the government saddled with unacceptable levels of fraud in the benefits system, the Public...
Fears of piling more pressure onto residents during the cost-of-living crisis have led Leicester City Council to scrap a proposed levy on workplace parking, but the council has warned that doing so...
Low investor confidence in the UK and the need to direct domestic money to development projects mean the UK Infrastructure Bank wants to work “much harder” to bring sources of public finance together...
The government fears Liverpool City Council faces “substantial” challenges to its finances, and has appointed a finance commissioner to help get the authority back on track.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to make up to £60bn of spending cuts and tax increases to help shrink the government’s medium-term budget gap, despite the cost-of-living crisis, according to reports.
The collapse of Bolsover District Council’s preferred building contractor has led to the authority setting up a wholly owned company to continue its development ambitions.
