Aberdeen City Council has a patchy record of planning and monitoring its service-boosting income generation proposals – many of which fail to meet their budgeted targets, an internal audit report[…]
The government’s spending watchdog has urged the government to review the regime governing councils’ capital spending, concluding that their activity in the commercial property market raises questions about whether it[…]
A back office shared services initiative run by three London councils is to create a “finance academy” to improve budget management and financial control. The move is being made as[…]
Last year, Conrad Hall moved from his role as chief finance officer at London Borough of Brent to take on a wider remit as director of resources at the London[…]
The London Borough of Barnet has set out proposals to boost its housing stock by channelling additional investment into a registered provider owned by its arm’s-length management organisation to complement[…]
Northamptonshire County Council is on track to underspend on its 2019/20 budget, despite a predicted overspend of £7.5m on children’s services. In August, Room 151 reported that the authority faced[…]
A government commission on architectural design has called for changes to the way public funding is used to aid new-home delivery plus business rates breaks to aid high street shops.[…]
A successful business rates appeal by online retailer Amazon has left a Staffordshire council needing to take £863,000 from reserves to balance its budget this year. Late last year, the[…]
The National Audit Office (NAO) is to investigate whether asking councils to competitively bid for grant funding streams provides value for money. Since 2010, national government has introduced an array[…]
Nearly 70% of councils with housing responsibilities overspent their budget for homelessness services last year, pushing them towards breaking point, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said. It blamed rising[…]
