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FINANCE
£4bn shortfall leaves councils facing 'financial disaster'
By William Eichler | 09 September 2024
Failure to address an estimated £4bn black hole in the finances of councils across England, Scotl...
REORGANISATION
Audit backlog hinders reorganisation
By Martin Ford | 06 September 2024
Backlogs of financial statements are hampering local government reorganisation, according to a re...
FINANCE
Birmingham commissioners cast doubt on budget
By Martin Ford | 05 September 2024
Commissioners at Birmingham City Council have cast doubt on the authority’s ability to balance it...
FINANCE
Doing business rates differently
By Mark Sandford | 04 September 2024
Kevin Muldoon-Smith and Mark Sandford examine potential options for changes to business rates, ra...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Gough: Local government under water
By Emily Twinch | 04 September 2024
‘Big changes’ to tackle the ‘structural problems’ facing local government are needed to help coun...
FINANCE
Reserves raid to keep councils afloat, survey finds
By William Eichler | 04 September 2024
More than a dozen council leaders have warned they will have to draw on already depleted financia...
FINANCE
Time to change
By By Graeme McDonald | 04 September 2024
The Government needs councils if it wants to deliver on its priorities so change for the sector i...
FINANCE
Don't look back in anger
By Jonathan Carr-West | 04 September 2024
Councils should follow the example set by Liam and Noel Gallagher and set aside their differences...
FINANCE
Chancellor has sector's support to find funding solutions
By By Nicole Wood | 04 September 2024
Nicole Wood says the financial picture is bleak but chancellor Rachel Reeves has plenty of suppor...
REORGANISATION
What about local government reorganisation?
By Heather Jameson | 03 September 2024
Heather Jameson says two things repeatedly return that make the prospect of reorganisation loom s...
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