Bradford

10/26 Bradford set to exit exceptional financial support in 2027/28

07/26 Bradford forecasts £9.5m overspend in 2026/27

06/26 Dan Bates: early indications from 2025/26 accounts shows contrasting picture

06/26 Bradford trims EFS requirement to £113m

05/26 Reform landslide changes balance of power for UK’s largest LGPS funds

04/26 Bradford sets out £38m plan to tackle poverty and financial hardship

03/26 Bradford requires continued action and transformation with s114 still a risk

02/26 More councils see exceptional financial support requests granted for 2026/27

11/25 Pooling: why the game of musical chairs may not be over yet

10/25 Bradford’s external borrowing to reach £1.1bn in 2029

08/25 Bradford’s 2024/25 deficit reduced by £20m

06/25 A marathon runner- in for a sprint: in conversation with WYPF’s new CIO

05/25 Union launches ‘urgent’ campaign for fair council funding

04/25 West Yorkshire Pension Fund appoints new CIO

02/25 Council funding crisis deepens as 30 authorities granted EFS

02/25 West Yorkshire’s Darran Ward on cultivating natural capital investments

02/25 Government takes ‘strict approach’ on council tax increase requests as final finance settlement is unveiled

01/25 Exceptional financial support: where does it end?

01/25 Councils seek above-referendum council tax increases

12/24 Northern LGPS weighs its next steps

12/24 Bradford Council set to cut £42m from capital programme

11/24 Local government minister calls for councils to become ‘investment magnets’

11/24 Bradford proposes £34m in savings – but estimates £573m is needed in EFS

09/24 Bradford needs £570m of capitalisation to be ‘financially sustainable’

09/24 UNISON: councils ‘teetering on the brink of financial disaster’

08/24 Councils warn of further overspends and new threats to financial stability

07/24 Unlocking the power of devolution not straightforward but could make ‘big difference’

05/24 CCN: Oflog reform and long-term funding needed from next government

03/24 Best Value Notice at West of England Combined Authority

02/24 Government approves capitalisation directions at 19 councils

02/24 Steven Mair appointed as Bradford’s director of finance

01/24 West Yorkshire Pension Fund injects cash into inter-authority lending market

01/24 Bradford’s request for ‘absolutely essential’ government support goes up by £22m

01/24 Bradford Council to balance budget by disposing of assets and cutting jobs

12/23 2023 in review: the best stories in local government finance

12/23 Bradford to issue s114 unless government provides exceptional support both this year and next

10/23 Extraordinary government support needed to ease Bradford Council’s ‘financial emergency’

09/23 Councils face funding shortfall exceeding £3.5bn

09/23 Nearly 90% of councils report inadequate funding as cause of recent s114 warnings

09/23 ‘The once scarce s114 is becoming customary and more are to come’

09/23 Manchester faces budget gap of more than £70m over medium term

08/23 Sigoma: 26 local authorities could issue s114 notice in next two years

08/23 Councils face a funding deficit of over £5bn, says BBC analysis

08/23 Kent implements savings plan amid ‘significant’ budget gap and depleting reserves

08/23 Kirklees Council warns of potential s114 in the next financial year

07/23 The recent spate of s114 warnings is ‘deeply troubling’ for local government

07/23 Kent County Council faces s114 notice if it fails to make £86m savings

07/23 OBR: £96bn local authority borrowing presents ‘risk’ to public finances

07/23 Bradford reserves ‘close to exhaustion’ as director of finance warns ‘numerous councils are nearing s114 notices’

05/23 UK Infrastructure Bank to work with Bradford Council

05/23 Three councils awarded over £40m to create green heat networks

04/23 Down £100m in one year: Bradford’s reserves drop at ‘an unsustainable rate’

11/22 Slough begins asset sales to help reduce debt

09/22 Bradford Council to create 1,000 homes in regeneration project

09/22 Bradford’s finances face ‘unprecedented levels of uncertainty’

08/22 Becky Hellard: going boldly in Birmingham

07/22 Bradford councillor fears £33.8m children’s services overspend could lead to s114

11/19 Council service spending grows by 1.9%

11/19 PWLB borrowing plummets in wake of rate increase

09/19 Bradford staff set to strike over library closures

08/19 Tough times ahead for Northamptonshire’s new s151

08/18 Allocations from vulnerable children fund announced

07/18 Councils join forces against Barclays over LOBOs

07/18 £7m community integration fund launched