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29 Jan 19
The final local government finance settlement has handed Northamptonshire County Council a lifeline by allowing the cash-strapped authority greater council tax flexibility.
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29 Jan 19
Councils face a spending gap of £8.7bn in their bid to provide services aimed at preventing social problems in areas as diverse as homelessness, debt and crime.
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29 Jan 19
Council tax arrears in England are soaring after millions of households have been stripped of funding from schemes to help them with their bills over the last five years.
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29 Jan 19
Cities should be given greater tax raising powers to meet growing demand for services amid shrinking budgets, says a leading academic.
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28 Jan 19
Local authorities have been promised £56.5m to go towards Brexit preparations - £21.5m more than expected, the communities secretary has confirmed.
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28 Jan 19
Fraud and error loss from central government was estimated to have cost up to £20bn in 2016-17, a Cabinet Office report has found.
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28 Jan 19
The council that is home to one of England’s key commercial ports is pinning its hopes on central government funding to ensure it can cope with Brexit pressures.
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28 Jan 19
Northern cities have been hit by the biggest budget cuts as a result of austerity, a think-tank has found.
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25 Jan 19
The government has drafted what it is calling a landmark bill to support victims of domestic abuse, which is costing £66bn every year in England and Wales.
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25 Jan 19
Scotland’s finances are exposed to “substantial risk” because of the way its budget is determined, according to a parliamentary report.
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25 Jan 19
Education secretary Damian Hinds has urged more schools to convert to academy status as figures showed half of pupils are now educated in academies.
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25 Jan 19
The impact of Brexit on the UK public finances must be “comprehensive and clear”, the Public Accounts Committee said as it urged earlier publication of the annual Whole of Government Accounts.
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25 Jan 19
The £35m of funding councils in England will share to help them cope with Brexit is only half of what the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government asked for.
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24 Jan 19
The UK is giving £2.5m to support the United Nation’s peace process in the war-torn country of Yemen.
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24 Jan 19
More than 200,000 households may be missing out on a full state pension because of changes to child benefit, a parliamentary committee has been told.
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24 Jan 19
A group of seven benefit assessors from councils in London have been convicted of committing housing benefit fraud worth £1m across three councils.
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23 Jan 19
Academy schools are not “sufficiently transparent or accountable to parents and local communities”, MPs have said.
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23 Jan 19
The government should know more about why council spending on children’s social care in England is increasing, the National Audit Office has said.
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22 Jan 19
Public sector net borrowing was £300m higher in December compared to the month time in 2017, official figures have shown.
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22 Jan 19
An increasing number of major government projects risk going over budget because of the government’s preoccupation with Brexit, a think-tank has warned.
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22 Jan 19
NHS Wales spending on agency staff has risen 171% in the seven years to 2017-18, according to the auditor general.
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22 Jan 19
Delays in drawing up a model to replace the EU funding targeted at UK regions are causing “tremendous anxiety” for councils and charities, a leading MP has told PF.
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22 Jan 19
A no-deal Brexit could knock as much as eight percentage points off Britain’s GDP growth, the IMF’s chief economist has warned.
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21 Jan 19
London councils are spending more than £22m each year renting back homes sold under right to buy, research has found.
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21 Jan 19
The chair of the home affairs select committee has criticised the police for not significantly increasing the number of convictions for modern slavery offences.
29 Jan 19The final local government finance settlement has handed Northamptonshire County Council a lifeline by allowing the cash-strapped authority greater council tax flexibility.
29 Jan 19Councils face a spending gap of £8.7bn in their bid to provide services aimed at preventing social problems in areas as diverse as homelessness, debt and crime.
29 Jan 19Council tax arrears in England are soaring after millions of households have been stripped of funding from schemes to help them with their bills over the last five years.
29 Jan 19Cities should be given greater tax raising powers to meet growing demand for services amid shrinking budgets, says a leading academic.
28 Jan 19Local authorities have been promised £56.5m to go towards Brexit preparations - £21.5m more than expected, the communities secretary has confirmed.
28 Jan 19Fraud and error loss from central government was estimated to have cost up to £20bn in 2016-17, a Cabinet Office report has found.
28 Jan 19The council that is home to one of England’s key commercial ports is pinning its hopes on central government funding to ensure it can cope with Brexit pressures.
28 Jan 19Northern cities have been hit by the biggest budget cuts as a result of austerity, a think-tank has found.
25 Jan 19The government has drafted what it is calling a landmark bill to support victims of domestic abuse, which is costing £66bn every year in England and Wales.
25 Jan 19Scotland’s finances are exposed to “substantial risk” because of the way its budget is determined, according to a parliamentary report.
25 Jan 19Education secretary Damian Hinds has urged more schools to convert to academy status as figures showed half of pupils are now educated in academies.
25 Jan 19The impact of Brexit on the UK public finances must be “comprehensive and clear”, the Public Accounts Committee said as it urged earlier publication of the annual Whole of Government Accounts.
25 Jan 19The £35m of funding councils in England will share to help them cope with Brexit is only half of what the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government asked for.
24 Jan 19The UK is giving £2.5m to support the United Nation’s peace process in the war-torn country of Yemen.
24 Jan 19More than 200,000 households may be missing out on a full state pension because of changes to child benefit, a parliamentary committee has been told.
24 Jan 19A group of seven benefit assessors from councils in London have been convicted of committing housing benefit fraud worth £1m across three councils.
23 Jan 19The government should know more about why council spending on children’s social care in England is increasing, the National Audit Office has said.
22 Jan 19Public sector net borrowing was £300m higher in December compared to the month time in 2017, official figures have shown.
22 Jan 19An increasing number of major government projects risk going over budget because of the government’s preoccupation with Brexit, a think-tank has warned.
22 Jan 19NHS Wales spending on agency staff has risen 171% in the seven years to 2017-18, according to the auditor general.
22 Jan 19Delays in drawing up a model to replace the EU funding targeted at UK regions are causing “tremendous anxiety” for councils and charities, a leading MP has told PF.
21 Jan 19London councils are spending more than £22m each year renting back homes sold under right to buy, research has found.
21 Jan 19The chair of the home affairs select committee has criticised the police for not significantly increasing the number of convictions for modern slavery offences.
