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London Borough of Camden is suing a former PFI partner and its main subcontractors for £130m for costs relating to the evacuation of one of its housing estates the week[…]
Councils could face compensation costs running into the millions after the High Court ruled that a council unlawfully overcharged its tenants for supplying water, according to lawyers. The court last[…]
A major local authority shared services venture involving Northamptonshire County Council is to be restructured after it was revealed that a number of service areas were only included to boost[…]
As the battle for Number 10 hots up, Room151 takes a look at the manifesto commitments likely to be of most interest to section 151 officers. Conservative Party Business rates[…]
English local authorities’ total service expenditure reached £91.4bn in 2018-19, a 1.9% increase on the previous year and its highest level since 2014-15. The figures were included in the Local[…]
Some councils may see a fall in funding next year, despite a government forecast that councils’ core spending power could increase by 4.3% in real terms in 2020-21 compared with[…]
The government has confirmed that the timing of the 2020/21 local government finance settlement will be a matter for the incoming government following December’s general election. Last year, the government[…]
The government should replace the “broken” business rates system with a new model that maintains income for local authorities, according to a report by Parliament’s Treasury Select Committee. In a[…]
Funding to replace EU grants for major projects could be better for councils after Brexit, the communities secretary has pledged. In his last appearance before MPs ahead of the general[…]
The Public Works Loan Board rate rise (PWLB) will add £18.9m to the cost of servicing Manchester City Council’s planned borrowing for capital projects, reducing its future borrowing capacity, it[…]
