Medway

08/26 £5 a month hypothecated tax for adult social care ‘would have support’

08/26 Medway faces fourth year of EFS

08/26 Medway forecasts £26.7m overspend in 2026/27

07/26 Higher rates and budget error leave Medway with £5.9m financing overspend

07/26 Kent and Medway LGR: ‘we’ve got the decision and we’re going to get on with it’

07/26 134 councils to become 38 unitaries: latest LGR decisions announced

05/26 Medway to recruit ahead of LGR as staff have ‘no time to spare’

05/26 Medway exceeds £28.8m transformation savings target by £1.5m

04/26 Medway ‘supremely confident’ EFS recovery is at hand

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

12/25 Medway’s short-term borrowing rises by £221m

12/25 Medway faces £9.9m overspend, nearly wiping out reserves

09/25 County council prefers single unitary to avoid ‘unacceptable’ disaggregation costs

08/25 LGR savings picture clouded by government’s lack of own analysis

08/25 Medway to seek EFS again amid projected budget gap

08/25 Kent and Medway grapple with LGR costs and savings

07/25 Medway takes £200m of longer-term loans as ‘smoothing out’ continues

04/25 Medway assesses treasury management options

02/25 Medway seeks £11m in additional government support

12/24 Medway ‘smoothing out’ maturity profile

11/24 Medway forecasts £11m overspend compared to £10m in reserves

10/24 Medway Council set to sell off £35m of assets

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

02/24 Government approves capitalisation directions at 19 councils

02/24 Medway requests £30.8m in exceptional financial support over two years to avoid s114

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

12/23 Gove warns of ‘tough measures’ and intervention where councils are failing on housing plans

09/23 S114 notice ‘very likely’ for Medway Council

09/23 CIPFA issues urgent guidance to finance directors on s114 practice

08/23 Medway Council leader calls for ‘new deal’ between central and local government as authority tackles “precarious” financial situation

07/23 Medway’s forecasted overspend for 2023/24 exceeds available reserves by over £7m

06/23 Medway’s general fund reserves fall close to minimum balance following £6.1m overspend in 2022/23

11/19 Medway imposes moratorium on non-statutory service spending

11/19 Five councils share £374m for housing infrastructure

08/19 Extra £9m for councils to prepare for Brexit

08/19 Police start fraud probe at council-owned firm

05/19 Homes England shares £55m for housing developments

02/19 Medway stumps up £45m for regeneration