What really caused the council funding crisis?
Max Mosley, NIESR, explores the origins of the local government funding crisis and warns the next government will have to act quickly to address it.
Gove could launch police inquiry for Birmingham
01/05/2024 Reports the levelling up secretary could send a police chief in to investigate financial mismanagement in Birmingham City Council have resurfaced. |
Sunak's defence spending could hit council budgets, says IFS
24/04/2024 The Prime Minister’s announcement of extra defence cash could hit public sector budgets further, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS). |
Structures should be 'rationalised,' Hoare tells DCN
14/03/2024 Council funding should have been reformed by now and structures need to be ‘rationalised’ the local government minister told the DCN conference. |
Budget: Chancellor launches productivity push
06/03/2024 Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has unveiled a Budget with little respite for local government but demands for increased public sector productivity. |
'Scorched earth' Budget likely to offer little for local government
06/03/2024 Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expected to unveil a ‘scorched earth’ Budget today, slashing National Insurance and leaving little left for public services. |
Birmingham 'worse' than commissioners feared
22/02/2024 The situation in Birmingham City Council is worse than commissioners expected, a report to the secretary of state has claimed. |
Local government figures made peers
12/02/2024 Local government has been recognised in the latest round of peerages, with two senior figures heading to the House of Lords. |
Birmingham faces 10% council tax hike
10/01/2024 Cash-strapped Birmingham City Council could raise council tax by 10% if the Government gives its finance plan the go-ahead. |
Croydon cleared of discrimination claims
02/01/2024 Croydon LBC and its chief executive Katherine Kerswell have been cleared of allegations of racial discrimination by an employment tribunal. |
Brum blame culture still 'largely unaddressed'
04/12/2023 Birmingham City Council’s problems of governance and accountability are still ‘largely unaddressed’, despite some gains made by the authority. |
Autumn Statement: Business rates measures to be fully funded
22/11/2023 Plans to extend business rates relief will be fully funded for local authorities, the small print of the Autumn Statement has confirmed. |
Expected devo boost in Autumn Statement
22/11/2023 Seven counties are expected to be among a swathe of non-mayoral devolution deals being lined up by the Government. |
Gove hints at autumn statement gifts
21/11/2023 Levelling up secretary Michael Gove hinted Christmas may come early for councils when Jeremy Hunt unveils his autumn statement this week. |
Britain faces 'highest tax raising parliament in history', CCN told
21/11/2023 Britain currently has the ‘highest tax raising parliament in history’, a leading economist has pointed out. |
Current climate making it ‘impossible’ for councils to carry on
15/11/2023 Soaring demand, rising pay bills and inflationary costs are making it ‘virtually impossible’ to keep councils going, a senior chief executive has said. |
s114 a 'last resort,' say finance experts
19/10/2023 Section 114 notices should be a very last resort when all else fails, local government finance experts told a Solace Summit session. |
Birmingham 'actively exploring' action against s151
12/10/2023 Birmingham CC is ‘actively exploring’ action against its former director of council management Becky Hellard for her role in the collapse of the council. |
LGA chief departs
06/10/2023 Local Government Association chief executive Mark Lloyd will be leaving with immediate effect, the association has announced. |
Birmingham commissioners revealed
05/10/2023 The team tasked with turning round Birmingham City Council has been announced – including a former Labour minister and a serving council chief. |
Southampton launches improvement board
03/10/2023 Southampton City Council has formed its own voluntary improvement board as it battles budgetary pressures. |
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.
