Finance

Attempt to restrict council pension boycotts is ruled 'unlawful'

A court ruled yesterday the Government’s attempt to prevent councils boycotting Israel through their pension schemes is ‘unlawful’.

By Laura Sharman | June 23, 2017

Local Government Pension Schemes should be divested from fossil fuels within five years, Unison has argued today.

By Mark Whitehead | June 23, 2017

Gloucester City Council is to set up a board to raise money by buying and selling properties.

By Mark Whitehead | June 22, 2017

Oxford City Council is to set up a lottery to raise money for voluntary and community sector groups.

Proposed council funding cuts could ‘significantly impact’ Birmingham’s position as a leading city for arts and culture, trust warns.

Scottish councils have told Holyrood the finance chief should quit if MSPs reject what they describe as his ‘budget of doom’.

Children with special needs are at risk of being turned away by mainstream schools because of a lack of funding, councils have warned.