POLICY
Spring Statement: No more cash for councils
By Emily Twinch | 19 March 2025
Next week’s Spring Statement will give a flavour of the financial pressures local authorities will face after the Spending Review, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has told The MJ.
FINANCE
From fiscal ping-pong to raiding reserves
By Heather Jameson | 05 December 2024
Editor Heather Jameson says the Labour Government is making no secret of its financial favouritism.
POLICY
Reform: Oflog should become local audit system leader
By Emily Twinch | 02 December 2024
The Government body in charge of councils’ performance in England should be extended so it become...
FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: Council chiefs told settlement will be 19 December
By Dan Peters | 14 November 2024
Council chiefs have been told by Whitehall officials they may have to wait until less than a week...
FINANCE
Minister's pledge on finance reform
By Heather Jameson | 13 November 2024
A Government minister this week vowed to return to finance reform after years of delay to the fai...
FINANCE
Welsh councils plead to plug growing gap
By Emily Twinch | 11 November 2024
An umbrella body is pushing for the Welsh Government to help plug a £559m funding gap so councils...
FINANCE
CIPFA boss dismisses independent funding body call
By Dan Peters | 07 November 2024
The boss of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) has dismissed calls...
FINANCE
More 'unpalatable' decisions ahead, says finance chief
By Dan Peters | 24 October 2024
A sector finance expert has warned councils will have to continue making ‘unpalatable’ decisions.
FINANCE
Fresh s114 warning for Windsor and Maidenhead
By Heather Jameson | 23 October 2024
A council that banned all non-essential spending more than a year ago is still on the brink of a ...
FINANCE
Councils join project to explore preventative spending
By Emily Twinch | 14 October 2024
Four councils have joined a two-year project aimed at coming up with a methodology for calculatin...
FINANCE
The public services crisis calls for twin-track approach
By Owen Mapley | 29 August 2024
Owen Mapley says the Government needs to implement reforms 'alongside measures to address the fin...
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