Council funding gap 'unbridgeable'
11/02/2025 The Treasury has come under fire from peers for adding to councils' financial pressures with increased National Insurance contributions. |
Minister told districts funding level 'just not acceptable'
07/02/2025 Local government minister Jim McMahon has responded to claims district authorities will see little increase in their funding this year. |
Concern over new audit body
04/02/2025 Ministers have been warned against overreach with the creation of the Local Audit Office (LAO). |
Tax hikes agreed for just six councils
03/02/2025 Councils facing financial woes have been told to scale back council tax rises, just weeks before they put their new budgets in place. |
Leicester takes issue with watchdog's criticism
31/01/2025 Leicester City Council has said a newly-published Ofsted report ‘does not accurately reflect' its children's services. |
Questions over financial impact of reorganisation
30/01/2025 Questions have been raised over whether the Government's approach to local government reorganisation will help resolve the financial crisis facing the sector. |
Three boroughs seek more than £120m financial support
28/01/2025 Three London boroughs have announced in the past week they are seeking exceptional financial support from the Government. |
Barnet issues s114 over unauthorised payments
24/01/2025 Barnet LBC has issued a section 114 notice over ‘unlawful' payments to and from the council's pension fund. |
Mayor warns of creating 'behemoths'
22/01/2025 A mayor has warned of creating local government ‘behemoths' overburdened with responsibilities. |
Government seeks Prevent programme 'answers' after Southport attack
21/01/2025 Reforms to Prevent are to be unveiled this week ahead of a public inquiry looking at why it failed to stop last year's fatal Southport knife attack. |
Questions over grooming inquiries' legal backing
17/01/2025 Concern has been raised over the legal backing for local inquiries into child sexual exploitation. |
Chiefs expecting pressure to spend ahead of reorganisation
15/01/2025 Council chiefs expect to come under intense pressure from leaders to sanction questionable spending before their authority is reorganised out of existence. |
Councils to join AI drive
13/01/2025 Local government will be asked to assist in a drive to develop the infrastructure and skills needed to harness the potential of artificial intelligence (AI). |
Birmingham overhauls leadership team
13/01/2025 Birmingham City Council has made a string of appointments to its senior leadership team. |
Special educational needs statutory override is 'abomination'
10/01/2025 Accountancy alone will not be enough to end the ‘abomination' of statutory overrides for special educational needs (SEN) budgets, a minister has said. |
McMahon: No cap on devo priority programme
10/01/2025 There will be no cap on the number of areas included in the Government's devolution priority programme, a minister has said. |
Social care reform requires 'political courage'
09/01/2025 The Government's three-year timetable for reforming social care has been labelled ‘completely unnecessary' by Sir Andrew Dilnot. |
Rayner rejects reorganisation 'distraction' claim
08/01/2025 Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has denied that local government reorganisation will impact on councils' ability to deliver services. |
Wirral auditor issues statutory notice
07/01/2025 Auditors have raised the alarm over Wirral MBC's finances as it fights to avoid issuing a section 114 notice. |
Councils battle new year floods
02/01/2025 Councils in the north west of England are continuing to work around the clock following floods on New Year's Day. |
Shell is helping power the journey towards a circular paving industry with Shell Bitumen LT R, a new product for roads that uses plastics destined for landfill as part of the additives to make the bitumen.
Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures.
Dougie Belmore explains how one of the main interfaces between you and Bacs is about to change.