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Shropshire Council says last week’s Spending Review has rescued it from exhausting its reserves this year. A report from external auditors going before councillors this week says the authority faces[…]
The government failed to properly assess the financial consequences for councils of 2014 reforms to the system for supporting young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), according to[…]
Social care and special needs funding were among the biggest winners in the chancellor’s spending statement. Sajid Javid promised certainty for a new era in his one-year spending statement. But[…]
Special educational services are set for a £700m boost but directors have cautioned money alone isn’t enough. As part of a major spending pledge for primary and secondary education, the[…]
Councils say they need more help from the government after its £1bn pledge of high street funding. The government announced 50 councils could bid for up to £1bn from the[…]
The government faces a call to reform the Right to Buy programme amidst claims that local authority housebuilding cannot keep pace with the sale of council homes. The Local Government[…]
Chancellor Sajid Javid has fuelled general election speculation by fast-tracking his spending review. He will deliver his one-year spending plans next week and signalled he would increase funding on voter-friendly[…]
Cheltenham Borough Council’s managing director for place and growth, Tim Atkins talks to Room151 about how the authority has brought together its strategies for commercial investment and place-making. Room151: What[…]
The system of business rates retention cannot survive in the long-term without significant reform and the consideration of alternatives due to changes in the economy, according to a report by[…]
Three councils and the Greater London Authority have each been awarded funding ranging from £80m to £318m to deliver infrastructure projects in support of new homes. Chancellor Sajid Javid said[…]
