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.
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.
