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Treasurers call for SEND funding injection ahead of next week's spending round

By Dan Peters | 28 August 2019

Three treasurers’ societies have urged the Department for Education (DfE) to make high needs fund...

£800m overspend on children's social care

By Dan Peters | 27 August 2019

Severe funding shortages and huge demand pressures mean councils were forced to overspend on thei...

£5.2bn and counting

By Dan Peters | 22 August 2019

The Local Government Association (LGA) will argue the sector faces a £5.2bn funding gap in 2020/2...

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh demand for place-based budgets

By Dan Peters | 21 August 2019

A fresh demand for place-based budgets has been made by the co-chair of an independent panel that...

Crime-fighting funds in scarce supply - survey

By Dan Peters | 21 August 2019

Three out of four UK council chief executives and leaders do not have access to enough funding to...

EXCLUSIVE: Brexit blow as councils miss MHCLG deadline

By Dan Peters | 20 August 2019

Local government secretary Robert Jenrick’s flagship Brexit policy has been dealt a blow after do...

LEP chairs still waiting for PM meeting

By Dan Peters | 20 August 2019

An overdue Prime Minister’s meeting of local enterprise partnership (LEP) chairs has not been sch...

Unprecedented joint Spending Review bid floated

By Dan Peters | 19 August 2019

An unprecedented joint bid could be made to next year’s Spending Review by Core Cities, Ministry ...

CIPFA index 'must be forward-looking'

By Dan Peters | 19 August 2019

The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) must double down on efforts to ...

Jenrick to check councils' borrowing bids

By Dan Peters | 19 August 2019

New local government secretary Robert Jenrick will take a fresh look at councils excessively borr...