Over-reliance on falling commercial income and high debt mean Woking Borough Council is “in the territory” of needing to issue a section 114 notice and has already stopped non-essential spending.
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The failure to provide adequate records and working papers in Slough Borough Council’s 2018-19 statement of accounts has prompted its external auditors to issue an unprecedented opinion.
Poor councillor behaviour and strained relationships at a borough council have prevented the authority from moving forward, and underline the importance of constructive engagement and governance,...
The exodus of working-age people from their jobs since Covid-19 could be halted if the government takes action on pensions, childcare and widespread ill-health, but those who have already retired are...
Historic under-resourcing of Nottingham City Council’s finance department has weakened the authority’s finance function and led to significant inconsistencies in budget forecasts, external auditors...
The lowest-funded councils have called for “fundamental change” to the way local government is financed – or they risk having to make cuts across all services.
London mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged £130m of funding to provide free school meals for every primary school child in 2023-24 to support families through the cost-of-living crisis.
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Councils will continue to struggle to afford housing for refugees without a funded central framework for responding to humanitarian crises, experts have said.
Scotland’s largest teaching union has rejected a pay offer it labelled insufficient, and signalled that planned strikes will continue until a better offer is tabled.
Concerns over a “completely unsustainable” financial position have forced the London Borough of Croydon to request additional government support, including the write-off of more than £500m of debt.
The Scottish Government will be unable to meet its net zero ambitions without reforms to departmental governance and oversight, an influential think-tank has warned.
A council leader has criticised “civil servant and Treasury orthodoxy” in his resignation statement, saying he refuses to implement “maximum council tax and cuts to services”.
A senior Labour MP has asked whether the block on new capital spending from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities will impede housing projects.
High construction costs and concern over the impact of interest rate rises mean Enfield Council will review how it delivers a 10,000-home development project, and the authority has already pressed...
The sector is always looking to recruit great people to help deliver vital public services. Here are some issues being considered by jobseekers and recruiters alike.
