The government aims to cut the number of civil servants and reform exit payments, as part of wider plans to deliver £5.5bn of savings, according to a senior treasury minister.
The government has spent almost £3bn on personal protective equipment not fit for purpose, and is currently disputing another £2.7bn of payments with suppliers, according to the National Audit...
Guidance released today advises public bodies to exit contracts with Russian suppliers, but PF has learnt that local authorities might have to wait until after Easter until they get legal powers to...
Councils in England are set to receive £70m to help implement proposed reforms of special educational needs and disability (SEND), including a national tariff to help manage swelling costs.
Some English councils will be able to establish academy trusts under new plans the government hopes will spur school academisation – a programme criticised last week for lacking clear financial...
Nine local authorities are set to receive more than £300m of additional funding over the next five years to help fund deficits in their special educational needs and disability (SEND) budgets.
Cambridgeshire County Council has hinted that a function room intended to host full council meetings at a new £18m office could restrict disabled access and put members' personal safety at risk....
NHS England could be forced to make up to half a billion pounds of cuts to planned investments in 2022-23, to help Covid-19 measures, according to its finance chief.
The government does not understand why different academy schools perform differently financially and poor access to local information is harming scrutiny of individual trusts, Parliament’s Public...
A lack of detail on how proposed national insurance changes will affect health and social care budgets shows the claimed link between the two is 'absurd', according to experts.
Public sector workers face a hefty average real-terms pay cut of around £1,800 pounds in 2022-23 as chancellor Rishi Sunak looks to protect his spending plans without raising taxes further, ...
High inflation is set to push the cost of servicing government debt to twice the Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecast in October, the fiscal watchdog said in its outlook accompanying the...
Rishi Sunak attempted to throw off his reputation as a high-spending chancellor during his Spring Statement by announcing a target to bring borrowing down below 2% of GDP by 2024-25.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcement of a £500m extension to a hardship fund distributed via top-tier local authorities provides a mere “drop in the ocean” compared to the scale of the cost of...
Larger councils do not necessarily perform more efficiently than smaller ones, and the best outcomes are achieved through working in partnership, according to a new report.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will have some ‘wiggle room’ to help tackle the rising cost of living in his Spring Statement as government borrowing undershoots forecasts, according to an influential...
The government has appointed commissioners to Sandwell Borough Council following a critical external audit review which found a “lack of clear contract responsibility”.
The London Borough of Camden has joined the growing number of authorities in the UK to launch a community bond to help finance carbon reduction projects.
The government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda is reliant on detail on funding reforms omitted from last month’s white paper, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Business rates are “finished” as a form of funding for local government, according to former communities secretary Lord Pickles, in the second part of an exclusive interview with PF.
CIPFA/LASAAC has provisionally decided to delay implementation of IFRS16 Leases in local authority accounts for another two years following an emergency consultation.
