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Cheshire East faces 'significant' finance risk
FINANCE

Cheshire East faces 'significant' finance risk

By Joe Lepper | 16 October 2026

Financial sustainability ‘remains a significant corporate risk’ at Cheshire East Council, according to an update on its improvement and transformation delivery plan next week.

ANGELA RAYNER

Rayner expected to send in commissioners to Bedford BC

By Dan Peters | 15 October 2026

Communities secretary Angela Rayner has indicated that the Government is minded to appoint commis...

POLICY AND POLITICS

'A denial of democracy'

By Heather Jameson | 08 October 2026

Commissioner-led intervention is ‘problematic’ and a ‘denial of local democracy’, the chief execu...

TECHNOLOGY

EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall 'exploring' using AI to help intervention decisions

By Dan Peters | 07 October 2026

Whitehall is ‘exploring’ the use of AI to help assess councils against the key risk indicators fo...

FINANCE

CIPFA report uncovers 'weak financial management' at Hillingdon

By Martin Ford | 31 July 2026

Hillingdon LBC must change course to avoid relying on exceptional financial support (EFS) for yea...

BEST VALUE

Basildon gets Best Value notice as chief prepares to leave

By Paul Marinko | 15 July 2026

Ministers have issued Basildon BC with a Best Value notice and the Essex authority’s chief execut...

ACCOUNTS COMMISSION

Council urged to communicate better with residents

By Neil Merrick | 05 June 2026

A Scottish council has been urged to communicate more effectively with residents over financial s...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG working to overhaul Best Value

By Dan Peters | 14 May 2026

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is working on a review and upda...

MAYORS

Ministers still unconvinced by Tees Valley's Best Value

By Paul Marinko | 27 April 2026

The Government has said it continues to require assurances that Tees Valley Combined Authority (T...

PERFORMANCE

Can South Cambridgeshire's four-day week case be broadened into an argument?

By Abdool Kara | 22 April 2026

Abdool Kara does not question the data South Cambridgeshire has produced in favour of a four-day ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Lack of transparency blamed for Best Value 'mistrust'

By Joe Lepper | 24 March 2026

A lack of transparency in the Best Value system has ‘led to mistrust’ among councils around the G...

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