8/14/2025

North Somerset Council is facing disruptions to its recycling services due to a lack of staff and machinery issues.

8/12/2025

APSE’s guidance on safeguarding neighbourhood services, aligning working practices, and planning efficiencies during local government reorganisation.

7/23/2025

Councils are expected to spend an estimated £139bn on the delivery of public services this year, says a report.

10/25/2024

New analysis has uncovered a £9.3bn funding shortfall facing councils in England by 2026-27.

10/11/2024

Local authorities should make use of new procurement laws to promote community prosperity, a think-tank has argued.

9/11/2024

North Somerset must take ‘radical’ action to avoid issuing a Section 114 notice, the authority has said in a stark warning.

9/3/2024

More than 180 council-run libraries in the UK have either closed or been handed to volunteer groups since 2016, analysis by the BBC has revealed.

8/30/2024

Waverley Borough Council is set to consider asking some residents to pay a ‘voluntary council tax’ to fund discretionary services.

8/27/2024

Sheffield City Council is set to overspend by £34.3m this year amid ‘significant’ financial challenges, a report has revealed.

8/14/2024

Eastbourne Borough Council has warned that rising costs of homelessness services have left it facing ‘extensive’ cuts to services.

7/10/2024

East Sussex County Council is already warning it could be left with a £55m deficit in its budget next year.

6/21/2024

Councils could be forced to cut back service provision if cost and demand pressures continue to grow, researchers have warned.

5/30/2024

Local services could reach ‘breaking point’ if the next government fails to deliver long-term funding and ‘fundamental reform’, a cross-party group of council leaders has argued.

4/10/2024

High staff turnover and difficulty recruiting at Oxford City Council could affect staff morale, wellbeing and absence and ultimately impact service delivery, a report has found.

3/18/2024

Leicester City Council expects disruption caused by a recent Cyber attack on the authority to continue until the end of the month.

2/28/2024

More than half of councils are likely to issue a section 114 notice within the next parliament unless funding is reformed, senior local authority figures have warned.

2/19/2024

The Local Government Association (LGA) is urging the Government to extend funding for suicide prevention projects in the Spring Budget.

2/14/2024

Executive members of cash-strapped Nottingham City Council have refused to recommend a report that sets out £20m in budget cuts.

1/31/2024

MPs have issued a stark warning on the ‘very real’ prospect of more councils in England ‘effectively going bust’ if the Government does not address a £4bn funding gap.

1/16/2024

‘Intensifying pressures’ on Scottish local authorities mean they must make difficult decisions on service delivery to remain financially sustainable, a watchdog has said.

12/13/2023

Nearly a quarter of Scottish councils fear they will be unable to balance their budget next year, new research shows.

12/13/2023

Nottingham City Council has proposed cutting 554 full-time equivalent posts in an attempt to tackle its financial shortfall.

12/6/2023

A poll of council leaders and chief executives has revealed that one in five think it likely that their chief finance officer will need to issue a Section 114.

11/1/2023

Somerset Council is considering measures, including reducing staffing and cutting services to statutory levels, to cover a £100m funding gap.

9/22/2023

Liverpool City Council has set out a four-year plan to significantly improve the quality of services in the face of ‘complex’ issues.

7/4/2023

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.

6/8/2023

Beleaguered Thurrock Council is set to increase charges for its services to help deal with its cash crisis.

3/7/2023

Half of councils are planning to cut spending on services, increase commercial investments or spend their reserves to make ends meet this year, poll reveals.

10/27/2022

Further cuts to local government funding will mean that councils will only be able to offer the ‘bare minimum’ of local services, county council leaders warn.

6/30/2022

Oxford City Council has said that they are facing ‘tough choices’ over the coming months due to the pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis.

12/3/2021

East Suffolk Council is to create a Local Authority Trading Company (LATCo) to help it deliver key council services.

4/16/2021

Local authorities have seen a ‘steady erosion’ of their autonomy by central Government over the last four decades, a new report has concluded.

8/2/2019

Birmingham City Council has announced that its 13 year joint venture with Capita has been ‘largely ended’, reportedly saving taxpayers £44m.

6/4/2019

Councils are being invited to join a scheme to help them use design techniques to improve the services they offer.

5/29/2019

Spending on local services has fallen over the last decade and the funding available to councils will become ‘inadequate’, according to financial experts.

5/23/2019

Investing in property to help pay for services is an idea whose time may have passed, says Mark Whitehead

4/16/2019

Two councils are considering extending their working partnership in a move they hope will trigger a ‘broader conversation’ on local government organisation.

1/11/2019

The union GMB have thrown their support behind recommendations for Brent Council to bring their cleaning services back in-house.

12/20/2018

Revenues from business rates and council tax will not keep pace with rising costs and demands for services, financial experts have warned.

10/9/2018

English councils have been hit twice as hard by spending cuts compared to their Scottish and Welsh counterparts, according to a study published today.