The government has agreed to extend Transport for London’s support package until the end of this week, as the network seeks an agreement on a long-term funding settlement.
Senior local government expert Max Caller is set to lead a governance review commissioned by Northumberland County Council into senior officer and member conduct.
The London Borough of Newham has reached an out-of-court settlement with Barclays Bank over alleged rigging of borrowing rates on lender option borrower option (LOBO) loans, a deal...
The leader of Portsmouth City Council has suggested that the authority could withdraw its involvement from a community bank in which it has invested £15m, after a “worrying” lack of progress.
The government has said its proposed NHS Pension Scheme changes will go ahead following a consultation, albeit six months later than planned amid fears changes will hit staff during a cost of living...
North Yorkshire County Council is set to use £7.7m of reserves to balance its 2022-23 budget, to smooth the transition to becoming a new unitary authority by avoiding cuts.
Norfolk County Council has been granted permission by a US court to file a class action lawsuit against tech giant Apple, over allegations of misleading revenue predictions.
Young care leavers in Wales will have access to a minimum monthly payment from the government as part of a pilot scheme to test the effects a basic income might have on poverty, employment and health.
The government is facing questions over whether leaked emails suggest civil servants were told to alter data relating to personal protective equipment bought amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
The London Borough of Croydon is set to sell two properties to reduce the amount of borrowing it needs to fund exceptional capital freedoms granted by central government.
Local authority organisations have warned that changes that would change the way councils account for debt servicing on commercial property borrowing could have a “devastating” impact on...
An Essex council is set to borrow up to £100m to lend to local businesses that cannot access mainstream lending for projects supporting regeneration within the borough.
Levelling up secretary Michael Gove has said England’s directly elected mayors should be given control of business rates in order to boost devolution and aid the government’s economic vision for...
Local authorities in the UK borrowed just £130m from the Public Works Loan Board in January, as the cost of borrowing leapt following December's Bank of England interest rate rise.
The government is set to issue new guidance and amend legislation to enable further pooling of NHS and healthcare budgets, in a bid to improve integration.
The London Borough of Croydon has launched an internal fraud probe into a major council-run regeneration project, and has handed a critical public interest report from its auditors to the...
Public bodies owe an estimated £260m in tax, after they were given insufficient time to adopt changes to employment regulations, according to the National Audit Office.
Auditors were unable to give an opinion on the accounts of the public body in charge of Scotland’s inland waterways because of flaws in the way it recorded and valued its assets.
A North East council is hoping to release an audit report on one of its subsidiary companies, after initially refusing to do so because of a police investigation that now turns out not...
