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[…]
Cabinet members at the London Borough of Enfield have approved proposals to bring a trading company created to deliver social-care services back in-house after the venture failed to generate the[…]
The Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) could remain the only option to access borrowing for councils with poor credit ratings, according to industry experts. Local government finance experts gathered in[…]
Councillors have raised concerns over the financial scrutiny of Britain’s first council-run energy firm. Conservative opposition members of Nottingham City Council have claimed there is a lack of independent oversight[…]
Prime minister Boris Johnson declared he was impressed with Spelthorne Borough Council’s initiatives during a visit to one of the authority’s out-of-borough commercial property investments. The authority’s well-publicised borrowing spree[…]
