Leeds City Council spent more than £27m of central government funding for a low emissions zone to help tackle pollution before scrapping its main element last year, it has emerged.
The Scottish government has announced it will provide more than £1bn additional funding over five years to help address health shortages and treatment backlogs created by Covid-19.
The High Court has granted permission for a legal challenge against three government departments over the Levelling Up Fund, with the claimant saying it lacks fairness and accountability.
Tensions are rising between central governemnt and a London authority over funding for repairs to Hammersmith Bridge, with transport minister Baroness Vere criticising the business case for...
Councils in England will be required to provide more information on reserve levels to the government, in a bid to improve Whitehall's understanding of financial risks.
Suspected form tampering and safeguarding concerns led a Midlands authority to cancel a contract with a SEND home-to-school transport supplier with two weeks until the start of term.
West Lothian Council has agreed to guarantee the financial position of a wholly-owned local leisure operator until the end of April, after Covid-19 impacted on its finances.
Luton Borough Council has defended its annual capital borrowing limit, which will rise to £1bn over the next four years due to the “devastating impact” of Covid-19.
Government borrowing in the financial year to date is around 25% lower than previously forecast, as the Covid-19 recovery continues, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Covid-19 support measures and the related economic slowdown saw the Scottish government's budget deficit spike to 22.4% of GDP last year, according to latest statistics.
The London Borough of Croydon has appointed its fourth finance director in less than three years, as the council strives to improve its financial situation.
Shetland Island Council must reduce its reliance on reserves to help manage budgetary pressures in future years, according to the authority's finance chief.
The government will compensate English and Welsh councils as it proposes moving responsibility for collecting more than £300m of business rates tax to the Treasury.
A London borough’s pension fund has moved £45m into a dedicated investment fund aimed at creating social and environmental benefits within the capital.
The cost of 'levelling-up' across the UK could cost as much as £2trn, similar to the cost of reunifying Germany almost three decades ago, according to a think-tank.
Westminster City Council’s management of an over-budget local attraction which has become a national laughing stock has been branded ‘as an exercise in unaccountability’ by the authority's...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has pledged there will be “absolutely no return to austerity” in the upcoming Spending Review, as the UK recovers from Covid-19.
