The government will set the “most generous bar” when funding the costs of contingency and reconstruction works for schools affected by RAAC, a senior official has said.
Qualified opinions on historical council accounts are likely if the government waives some reporting requirements as it strives for a “system reset”, which it currently plans to do, a senior civil...
The absence of funding reforms and rising costs have restricted council finances and could prevent authorities from hosting major sporting events such as the Commonwealth Games, an expert has said.
Concerns over weak financial management and poor procurement have prompted Audit Wales to publish rare public interest reports against two authorities.
A minister told Woking Borough Council it should review its mammoth capital programme in 2021 while rejecting the authority’s request for financial support.
A growing share of income coming from wealth and property is set to widen inequality between households and hurt social mobility, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.
Hosting the Commonwealth Games took officer and councillor attention away from delivering financial stability to Birmingham City Council, a former advisor has said.
High inflation and rising service demand could put Suffolk County Council in a “financially challenging situation” next year and at risk of an intervention from its finance director.
A “broken” local government funding system has created an £8.5m gap in Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s budget, putting the authority at risk of a Section 114 notice.
Slow progress in recovering incorrectly paid or fraudulently claimed Covid-19 business grants, could lead to a loss of almost £1bn, parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has warned.
First minister Humza Yousaf is set to let Scottish councils double council tax on second homes, and will develop “alternative governance arrangements” for island authorities.
The council in the country’s second-largest city has issued a Section 114 notice as it faces down an £87m budget gap this year and an equal pay liability of three-quarters of a billion pounds.
Rising borrowing costs and inflation have led Spelthorne Borough Council to consider shelving its planned housing investments and seeking out an alternative way to deliver them.
Rishi Sunak cut funding for rebuilding schools with dangerous concrete construction while chancellor despite warnings of “a critical risk to life”, a former permanent secretary has claimed.
A reliance on a faltering “high-risk alternative funding strategy” to balance budgets in the medium term has put Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council’s financial stability at risk, its...
Depleting reserves and rising service demand mean Kirklees Council will need to find cuts or additional income worth almost £48m in 2024-25, officers have said.
Reserves will soon fall below the minimum threshold at Maldon District Council without action to curb spending, and a Local Government Association review found the authority needs a “robust” plan to...
