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EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall warning over 'heightened' care provider failure risk

06/06/2024

The risk of adult social care provider failure is ‘currently heightened due to additional pressures in the market,’ a Whitehall document has warned.

Government criticised over free school meals threshold freeze

14/05/2024

The Liberal Democrats have criticised the Government for failing to increase the income threshold for free school meals in line with inflation.

Suffolk council potentially facing ‘hundreds of job losses’

05/01/2024

Plans to save Suffolk County Council £11m by restructuring its workforce could result in ‘hundreds of job losses’, Unison has warned.

Brighton’s finances in ‘perilous position’

04/12/2023

Brighton & Hove City Council’s finances are in an ‘extremely perilous position’, the local authority’s leader has warned.

Nottingham issues section 114 notice

29/11/2023

Cash-strapped Nottingham City Council has been forced to issue a section 114 notice after revealing it faces a significant in-year deficit.

Cambridge faces £6m budget cuts

15/11/2023

Cambridge City Council needs to make an extra £6m of savings over the next three years and £11.1m in new savings by 2029.

LGA calls for Healthy Start uplift

13/11/2023

The value of the Healthy Start scheme should be increased by 20% to compensate for food inflation, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said.

Hampshire County Council on ‘financial cliff edge’

05/10/2023

Hampshire CC has warned that cuts to services and job losses are inevitable as the council is facing ‘one of the biggest budget shortfalls in its history’.

Stoke-on-Trent Council at risk of bankruptcy

05/09/2023

Stoke-on-Trent Council has warned that it is on the verge of bankruptcy and called for a ‘national overhaul’ of social care funding.

Councils face £5bn deficit

21/08/2023

Local authorities are facing a £5.2bn deficit by April 2026 even after they have made £2.5bn of planned cuts, new research has revealed.

Public sector pay increases do not add to inflation, think tank says

18/07/2023

Increasing pay for public sector workers by 10% would not add much to inflation, according to a new report by the think tank IPPR.

Councils face £3bn funding gap, LGA warns

04/07/2023

Councils in England face a funding gap of almost £3bn over the next two years just to maintain services at their current level, the LGA reveals.

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