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Future versions of the Fair Funding Review should be carried out by an independent body, according to Rob Whiteman, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.[…]
The forthcoming Spending Review is set to pave the way for the devolution of some national taxes to local government, according to chief secretary to the Treasury, Liz Truss. Speaking[…]
Children’s services in England are at “breaking point” and must receive increased funding of £3.1bn in the 2019 funding review, according to a report from an influential committee of MPs.[…]
Local authorities could use crowdfunding as an alternative to traditional borrowing, researchers have claimed. A government-backed study by the University of Leeds concluded that online fundraising is a ‘viable and[…]
Reforms to the fees charged to house builders are being held up by the delayed spending review. MPs on the Public Accounts committee were told that changes aimed at enabling[…]
Chancellor Philip Hammond has rejected the Local Government Association’s (LGA) estimate of the scale of what he described as the “so-called funding gap” faced by local authorities. In February, the[…]
Birmingham City Council is set to end Europe’s biggest local government highways partnership with the private sector – and other authorities could follow its example. Chris Smith investigates. Birmimgham City[…]
Local authorities can legally allocate funding for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) using banding levels rather than having to calculate individualised provision costs, a court has ruled. A High[…]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn this week chose local government funding as the central focus of Prime Ministers Questions, describing the Fair Funding Review as an Orwellian phrase. Local government organisations[…]
The Commonwealth Games will be a crowning moment in the regeneration of the UK’s second-biggest city but, as the city mulls an airport tax, agreeing funding is less certain, writes[…]
