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FINANCE

Northamptonshire unitaries to save £86m

By Martin Ford | 09 January 2020

Local government reorganisation in Northamptonshire will cost just over £40m, according to the ea...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Government rejects pleas for flood recovery funding flexibility

By Martin Ford | 09 January 2020

The Government has rejected councils’ appeals for more flexibility over funding for flood recovery.

PLANNING

Funding communities at the coal face

By David Armiger | 09 January 2020

Areas like Bassetlaw need a change of approach by Government that delivers investment in hard-to-...

FINANCE

Time for a 'grown-up' chat about audit

By Chris Buss | 09 January 2020

Serious questions have been raised about the level of failure to complete council audits just one...

EDUCATION

'We must do more than tinker at the edges'

By Phil Norrey | 09 January 2020

The system needs a truly sustainable multi-year financial settlement to ensure children and young...

LONDON COUNCILS

A gap that will prove hard to close

By Dan Peters | 09 January 2020

Dan Peters investigates the scale of the funding challenge faced by the 32 councils told by the G...

FINANCE

Councils are faring well on finance

By Heather Jameson | 09 January 2020

Last month, CIPFA published its resilience index tool – and the picture for local government is b...

PLANNING

The sector cannot simply make blank cheque arguments

By Simon Edwards | 09 January 2020

It will be crucial to show the new Government that investing in local government will provide a r...

FINANCE

Bridging the divide

By Lord Kerslake | 09 January 2020

The Prime Minister’s aim of bringing the country back together is welcome, says Lord Kerslake - ...

FINANCE

Index reveals true scale of town halls' resilience

By EXCLUSIVE by Heather Jameson | 09 January 2020

Northamptonshire CC is no longer the council most at risk when it comes to its financial stabilit...

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