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The Local Government Association (LGA) will support 45 councils defending a challenge to business rates levied on NHS hospital properties that could see £2.35bn clawed back and set a significant[…]
Another model aimed at measuring the financial sustainability of councils has joined a crowded field, with the claim that more than a third of councils are at risk of failure[…]
A county council which last year decided to cut its service provision to a bare minimum says it will still run out of money without extra funding from central government.[…]
The chief executive of LGPS pool Brunel Pension Partnership has quit her role, citing the need for a “different style of leadership”. In an announcement today, Brunel announced that Dawn[…]
Barnet has signalled its outsourcing revolution is being reduced. But is this the return of council provision? Internal reviews are rarely news but the announcement by London Borough of Barnet[…]
Almost a fifth of councils lack confidence that they will realise all of the savings identified in their 2019/20 budgets, according to a survey by the Local Government Association (LGA).[…]
Total revenue spending on services by all English local authorities is budgeted to rise 3.4% in 2019/20, with spending on children’s social care set to rise by more than 6%.[…]
The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) faces ongoing uncertainty over compensation costs after the Supreme Court ruled last week that 2015 changes to the public sector pensions had discriminated against[…]
CIPFA has amended its draft Financial Management Code for local authorities to give commercial activity greater prominence. The body has amended the proposals to recognise the importance of commercial activity[…]
Anger with the Home Office is growing among local authorities bearing the brunt of funding rules for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Chris Smith investigates. Local authorities supporting unaccompanied children who are[…]
