A district council in Somerset, which has spent more than £40m in commercial property outside of its boundaries, has abandoned further investment plans, amid proposed borrowing restrictions in the...
Copeland Borough Council is at risk of issuing a section 114 notice unless it receives further exceptional support, according to a government-commissioned review.
Concerns raised by a senior Northern Irish civil servant over fraud and error in a Covid-19 support scheme eventually came to pass as a result of the extreme pace of development, according to the...
An accounting blunder saw Nottingham City Council mistakenly credit almost £16m of housing funding to its general fund rather than its housing revenue account, it has emerged.
The Cabinet Office has dropped proposals for some changes to post-Brexit procurement processes, after councils complained that they need the ability to tailor contracts for health and...
The Competition Markets Authority says a proposed merger between two waste management companies could inflate costs, reduce competition and lower the quality of local authority services.
Two-thirds of respondents to a consultation on a strengthening of the Prudential Code support adopting the proposed new wording without amendment, a senior CIPFA figure has revealed.
Capital spending by local authorities dropped by 8% during 2020-21 compared to the previous year as Covid-19 delayed projects and councils veered away from buying property due to changes in...
The government’s long-awaited social care white paper has failed to meet the hopes of many in the sector, with several organisations saying the billions of pounds pledged is not enough to solve...
Large amounts of government spending are either evaluated poorly or not evaluated at all, according to a critical report from the National Audit Office.
The government has appointed two senior local government officials as commissioners to oversee the financial recovery of cash-strapped Slough Borough Council, following two critical independent...
Proposed amendments to the CIPFA Prudential Code seeking to strengthen restrictions on borrowing for commercial purposes have been dubbed 'relatively clear' by a senior civil servant.
Liverpool City Council has completed the refinancing of £65m of ‘lender option borrower option’ (LOBO) loans with borrowing from the Public Works Loan Board.
Wirral Council has approved a financial recovery plan which includes suspending a planned £5m investment to create a community bank, following a critical government-commissioned review.
Fraud and error in pandemic support programmes have led to head of the National Audit Office Gareth Davies qualifying his opinion on the 2020-21 accounts of the Department for Business, Energy and...
Thanet District Council has appointed a senior officer from a London Borough as an independent monitoring officer following a rare statutory recommendation by auditors.
The London Borough of Croydon still needs to close a predicted £13m budget gap next year, despite hoping to receive £25m of financing flexibilities alongside proposed additional savings.
On 23 November, PF published an online report of a speech made by communities secretary Michael Gove at the County Council Network’s annual conference.
The government has been criticised for lacking information about its pandemic scheme set up to fight youth unemployment, meaning it does not know whether it is having the positive impact it was hoped...
Nottingham City Council’s internal audit department has criticised the authority’s procurement processes, after financial regulations were waived on more than 20 occasions.
