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Net expenditure on temporary accommodation rental at Hackney Council has tripled in 12 months – from £8m in 2023/24 to a projected more than

Gloucester City Council has appointed Alison Turner as head of finance and resources, and section 151 officer. She has worked in local government finance

Portsmouth City Council has said “significant concerns” about the financial position a new authority would inherit, along with its current “sustainable” financial position, mean

Nottingham City Council is making slower progress in financial sustainability compared to other areas of the improvement plan drawn up in the wake of

The government is to roll out a new AI tool that aims to modernise council planning by replacing paper systems with “high-quality” digital data.

GMPF, the UK’s largest Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) fund with approximately £31bn in assets, expects pooling costs to double according to its latest

The industry body, which counts four LGPS members as part of its policy board is usually careful not to wade into day-to-day politics. But

Runnymede Borough Council is seeking revenue-generating and cost-saving opportunities through modern Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technology. The authority has partnered with enterprise resource planning (ERP) provider

Some local authorities in England now have waiting lists exceeding 100 years for a family sized social home, according to new analysis from the

North Yorkshire Council is seeking to generate cost savings of £587,000 per year from an almost £2.5m investment in parking infrastructure. The council’s Executive

Barry Scarr has been appointed as the finance commissioner to Woking Council until 31 October 2025. Scarr is an industry veteran having served in

John Dewey, who most recently held the role of managing director Alternatives at HSBC, covering the firm’s $65bn private market business in Singapore has

Four local authorities are hoping to drive innovation by establishing a cross-council board to help guide strategy. The Marches Forward Partnership Board will build

The average transition cost for local government reorganisation (LGR) for each region undergoing the process has been placed at £31.1m by the Local Government

Glasgow City Council helped deliver more than 1,000 affordable homes in the past year through its Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) – despite “reduced

The government must keep the amount of funding being made available for local authority audit fees “under review against actual costs once they are

Swale Borough Council held the same amount of loans – £10m – at both 31 March and 31 December 2024, as part of its

Northern Gritstone, a venture capital investor which supports the life sciences sector in the North of the UK, has confirmed a £35m commitment from

Argyll and Bute Council must take a “more strategic” approach to transformation and redesigning services to help close a funding gap of nearly £29m.

Bedford Borough Council has welcomed the investment and growth opportunities that are likely to come after the government gave agreement in principle for Universal

The independently-led Improvement and Assurance Board’s work at Liverpool City Council has concluded. The board was set up to provide oversight of ongoing improvements

Capital Letters, the not-for-profit company owned by ten London boroughs aimed at improving housing options for homeless people, is to close by the end

CIPFA has pledged “meaningful reforms” to the Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting and the process by which it is set, while transitioning

The pool, which manages £52.3bn on behalf of its 11 partner funds, made the investments through its £500m UK Opportunities Fund. It committed £40m

The £250m investment will be managed by Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI) through its newly launched Environmental Opportunities Fund. The multi-asset private markets fund