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Northamptonshire County Council faces a fresh financial crisis after a £34.9m budget gap for 2020/21 opened up. A review of the council’s medium term financial plan (MTFP) published this week[…]
Councils have warned they need certainty about funding reforms and revenue, following the chancellor’s decision to hold a one-year funding review. Local authorities called for funding to ease cost pressures[…]
The government’s decision to push ahead with a one-year spending review has prompted alarm from local government experts that it could force a delay in the implementation of the Fair[…]
The Municipal Bonds Agency is set to outsource its management and operations to an external provider in a bid to get its first bond issue off the ground. The agency,[…]
Thanet District Council in Kent has agreed to dispose of a theme park it rescued almost a decade ago to stop the attraction from exposing the council to “unsustainable” future[…]
The new prime minister has committed £300m to fund greater devolution across the UK. Boris Johnson this week continued his regional tour with the announcement of £300m to fund economic[…]
The chairman of the Local Government Association has written to new prime minister Boris Johnson to request that he introduces a new local government finance act. Former London mayor Johnson[…]
With speculation of an autumn general election mounting, the Labour Party has announced details of proposed legislation to reverse decades of contracting out for local services. The party’s shadow chancellor,[…]
Brighton & Hove Council is to restructure a multi-million pound loan to the operators of the BAi360 tourist attraction after agreeing to defer receipt of a repayment due to falling[…]
A joint venture between four councils which had promised £1m in efficiency savings has fallen apart after the largest partner announced its withdrawal. Surrey County Council has announced that it[…]
