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Scottish councils have been incentivised to overlook value for money when weighing up how to finance infrastructure spending, according to spending watchdogs. A report by the Accounts Commission and Auditor[…]
Local Government Pension Scheme pools are uniquely placed to address the finance sector’s failings on climate change, says Laura Chappell. The case for urgent action on climate change is clear,[…]
Cabinet members at the London Borough of Enfield have approved proposals to bring a trading company created to deliver social-care services back in-house after the venture failed to generate the[…]
The National Audit Office has backed down on a proposal to allow the introduction of new reporting criteria for local authority audits during the lifetime of a new Code of[…]
The Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) could remain the only option to access borrowing for councils with poor credit ratings, according to industry experts. Local government finance experts gathered in[…]
Councillors have raised concerns over the financial scrutiny of Britain’s first council-run energy firm. Conservative opposition members of Nottingham City Council have claimed there is a lack of independent oversight[…]
Evidence implicates former senior management at a county council in offering a “highly irregular” multi-million pound loan to a developer seeking planning permission for a new garden community, a whistleblowing[…]
Prime minister Boris Johnson declared he was impressed with Spelthorne Borough Council’s initiatives during a visit to one of the authority’s out-of-borough commercial property investments. The authority’s well-publicised borrowing spree[…]
Oxfordshire County Council is set to approve plans for a workplace parking levy to raise up to £100m for new bus, cycle and pedestrian infrastructure. The council’s cabinet will next[…]
Scotland’s finance secretary has accused the UK government of being fiscally irresponsible for setting a budget date that makes it “impossible” for the devolved nation to debate its own spending[…]
