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3 Apr 19
Special educational needs budgets in England have been slashed by an average of 17% since 2015, think-tank analysis has shown.
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3 Apr 19
Crossrail’s £2.8bn lifeline from the public purse may not be enough to complete the project, MPs have warned.
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3 Apr 19
Delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan is threatened by a “worrying level of disparity” in the financial performance of local health bodies, MPs have warned.
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2 Apr 19
The government must address the “significant risks” that Brexit poses to local government, MPs have urged.
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2 Apr 19
Local authorities would need “appropriate funding” to hold registers for home-schooled children, an umbrella group has said.
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2 Apr 19
The government has stripped a private firm of its contract to manage Birmingham prison, it has announced.
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2 Apr 19
Public finance professionals have a vital role to play in building trust and resilience, the Scottish Government public finance minister has told CIPFA members.
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2 Apr 19
The Welsh Audit Office annual plan is its “most ambitious” yet, the watchdog’s chair has said.
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1 Apr 19
Local authorities and teachers will form part of a ‘multi-agency’ approach to tackle knife crime, the Home Office has said.
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1 Apr 19
Thirty per cent of the UK’s children - 4.1 million – are living on less than 60% of the current median income, according to official data.
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29 Mar 19
The UK has committed an additional £200 million of aid to war-torn Yemen so far this year to help tackle the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
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29 Mar 19
English councils are failing to use statutory powers to penalise rogue landlords in the private rented sector, a trade body has found.
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29 Mar 19
A man has been jailed for fraudulently claiming more than £47,000 of support intended for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.
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29 Mar 19
Northamptonshire County Council’s finances “remain fragile” due to a lack of robust reserves and require savings of £40m, its finance commissioner Brian Roberts has told PF.
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28 Mar 19
More than 200,000 nurses have quit the NHS since 2010, according to research by the Labour Party.
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28 Mar 19
Government should review the regulations that govern outsourcing but not ban private and third sector involvement altogether, a think-tank has said.
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28 Mar 19
Northamptonshire County Council’s commissioners have called for the local authority’s section 114 notice to be lifted, saying it should move from “under the shadow of this failure”.
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28 Mar 19
Government’s £386m spending on Jobcentre-based support for disabled people has not reduced the number who are out of work, the spending watchdog has found.
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27 Mar 19
Local government audit is “in need of improvement”, CIPFA’s chief executive has told MPs.
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27 Mar 19
Local authorities in England will put up the average band D council tax by 4.7% next financial year, government stats have shown.
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26 Mar 19
Communities secretary James Brokenshire has hinted local authorities might be able to secure extra funding for Brexit in future from the Treasury.
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26 Mar 19
A new devolution settlement is required after Brexit, a Scottish cabinet minister has said.
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26 Mar 19
Councils have “a lot more to do” to prepare public services for Brexit, a CIPFA conference has heard.
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26 Mar 19
The Royal Bank of Scotland is planning to close down the last £1bn of its LOBO loan portfolio by the end of this year, The Guardian has reported.
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26 Mar 19
The business case behind the creation of Scotland’s single police service was not robust, according to a parliamentary report, which has identified “systematic problems” facing the force.
3 Apr 19Special educational needs budgets in England have been slashed by an average of 17% since 2015, think-tank analysis has shown.
3 Apr 19Crossrail’s £2.8bn lifeline from the public purse may not be enough to complete the project, MPs have warned.
3 Apr 19Delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan is threatened by a “worrying level of disparity” in the financial performance of local health bodies, MPs have warned.
2 Apr 19The government must address the “significant risks” that Brexit poses to local government, MPs have urged.
2 Apr 19Local authorities would need “appropriate funding” to hold registers for home-schooled children, an umbrella group has said.
2 Apr 19The government has stripped a private firm of its contract to manage Birmingham prison, it has announced.
2 Apr 19Public finance professionals have a vital role to play in building trust and resilience, the Scottish Government public finance minister has told CIPFA members.
2 Apr 19The Welsh Audit Office annual plan is its “most ambitious” yet, the watchdog’s chair has said.
1 Apr 19Local authorities and teachers will form part of a ‘multi-agency’ approach to tackle knife crime, the Home Office has said.
1 Apr 19Thirty per cent of the UK’s children - 4.1 million – are living on less than 60% of the current median income, according to official data.
29 Mar 19The UK has committed an additional £200 million of aid to war-torn Yemen so far this year to help tackle the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
29 Mar 19English councils are failing to use statutory powers to penalise rogue landlords in the private rented sector, a trade body has found.
29 Mar 19A man has been jailed for fraudulently claiming more than £47,000 of support intended for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.
29 Mar 19Northamptonshire County Council’s finances “remain fragile” due to a lack of robust reserves and require savings of £40m, its finance commissioner Brian Roberts has told PF.
28 Mar 19More than 200,000 nurses have quit the NHS since 2010, according to research by the Labour Party.
28 Mar 19Government should review the regulations that govern outsourcing but not ban private and third sector involvement altogether, a think-tank has said.
28 Mar 19Northamptonshire County Council’s commissioners have called for the local authority’s section 114 notice to be lifted, saying it should move from “under the shadow of this failure”.
28 Mar 19Government’s £386m spending on Jobcentre-based support for disabled people has not reduced the number who are out of work, the spending watchdog has found.
27 Mar 19Local government audit is “in need of improvement”, CIPFA’s chief executive has told MPs.
27 Mar 19Local authorities in England will put up the average band D council tax by 4.7% next financial year, government stats have shown.
26 Mar 19Communities secretary James Brokenshire has hinted local authorities might be able to secure extra funding for Brexit in future from the Treasury.
26 Mar 19Councils have “a lot more to do” to prepare public services for Brexit, a CIPFA conference has heard.
26 Mar 19The Royal Bank of Scotland is planning to close down the last £1bn of its LOBO loan portfolio by the end of this year, The Guardian has reported.
26 Mar 19The business case behind the creation of Scotland’s single police service was not robust, according to a parliamentary report, which has identified “systematic problems” facing the force.
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