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BUSINESS
Finance chiefs say Government could underwrite tax losses for councils
By Heather Jameson | 12 May 2020
The Government could protect councils from financial collapse by underwriting the potential loss ...
WHITEHALL
Discretionary business grants fund expected to be over-subscribed
By Dan Peters | 12 May 2020
Councils expect to be swamped with applications to a new discretionary fund created to help small...
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
Facing down an uncertain future
By Heather Jameson | 12 May 2020
Already cash-strapped following a decade of austerity, councils now face fighting a national cris...
BUSINESS
Warning over coronavirus and commercial investment cocktail
By Dan Peters | 11 May 2020
Worried finance chiefs have warned some councils that invested in commercial property have been p...
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY
Questioning the quantum
By Rob Whiteman | 11 May 2020
The ‘business as usual’ funding envelope is not enough in a time of emergency. Rob Whiteman advoc...
WHITEHALL
Overreach to the beach
11 May 2020
Life’s a beach when you find out the Government has paid an extra £45m into your council coffers.
FINANCE
Yorkshire councils could declare themselves 'bankrupt' in months
By Ann McGauran | 11 May 2020
Chief executives across Yorkshire and the Humber region have already discussed the prospect of ma...
FINANCE
Council concern over falling child referrals
By Dan Peters | 07 May 2020
Councils have expressed concerns about falling referrals to children’s social care amid the coron...
BUSINESS
Grant Thornton most likely to suggest extra audit fees, survey finds
By Dan Peters | 07 May 2020
Grant Thornton is the firm most likely to have proposed an additional audit fee, a survey of fina...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
'Too early to tell' if councils need more cash, says Jenrick
By Heather Jameson | 07 May 2020
It is ‘too early to tell’ if councils will need more cash to tackle coronavirus, communities secr...
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