External auditors for Redditch Borough Council have issued a statutory recommendation over the authority’s failure to submit its statement of accounts on time.
The impact of inflation and the fallout from the UK government’s “calamitous” mini-budget mean Scottish ministers have had to double budget cuts this year.
The largest interest rate hike from the Bank of England in 33 years has prompted warnings of financial misery for households, particularly the poorest, and the bank itself has predicted the UK will...
Councils have no room for cuts in children’s care budgets, and soaring demand means the sector will need three quarters of a billion pounds just to “stay still” this year, a senior officer has warned.
Councils in the UK entered the cost-of-living crisis in a “solid” financial position due to central government funding, and this position will help the sector in the difficult times to come, a...
Council workers in most of the UK will receive a £1,925 increase to their salaries this year, after the majority of unions voted to accept a pay offer following months of negotiations.
Plans to centralise care in Scotland into a national body could cost “significantly” more than current forecasts, and the devolved government has not yet assessed the full cost of the transition, the...
A government-imposed savings target could lead to “unacceptable” cuts to pension benefits at Transport for London, which faces the threat of further industrial action if such cuts were to happen.
A Welsh council has admitted there is “more to be done” to improve its asset management after the national watchdog warned the authority it does not hold all the appropriate data.
A charge on workplace car parking – the first of its kind in Scotland – could make millions for City of Edinburgh Council to invest in transport infrastructure.
A London council will spend more than £1m per year on payments to young people in further education, effectively replacing a government scheme scrapped amid austerity, and a bursary for students.
Ministers must scrap the patchwork system of bidding pots for local government and consider allowing councils to raise their own taxes, a parliamentary committee has said.
Local audit firms have been told by the Financial Reporting Council to “urgently” improve the quality and timeliness of their work, after the number of unacceptable audits rose last year.
External auditors have told Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council it needs to work out how it will balance its future budgets, warning that it lacks “appropriate arrangements” to run its...
Police Scotland would need to make radical service cuts that could include the removal of the 101 phone line without additional funding, a senior office has warned.
County council leaders have warned that they face a financial situation worse than at any point in recent years, with services at risk, if their budgets are cut in the government’s push for savings.
The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities has reached an agreement with local government unions, avoiding the resumption of strike action but facing criticism for “unnecessary” delays.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced that the government’s fiscal statement will be delayed by more than two weeks, following the appointment of Rishi Sunak as prime minister.
The heavily criticised mini-budget has put additional pressure on the UK’s debt affordability and weakened the credibility of government policy, ratings agencies have said.
