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PLANNING
Row over collapse of legal action
By Martin Ford | 22 August 2024
Proposed legal action over the Government granting planning permission for a large-scale solar fa...
FINANCE
Council grant funding increases by £2.4bn
By Michael Burton | 21 August 2024
Whitehall revenue grant funding to local authorities was up by £2.4bn last month, the latest figu...
FINANCE
The art of squeezing better benefits from annual accounts
By Jonathan Flowers | 20 August 2024
Jonathan Flowers sets out the three things annual accounts need to provide assurance on, and says...
HOUSING
Call for Government RAAC remediation cash
By Martin Ford | 20 August 2024
Pressure is growing on the Scottish Government to help shoulder the multi-million pound burden of...
BIRMINGHAM
Questions raised over Brum's decision to issue s114
By William Eichler | 19 August 2024
A call has been made for an investigation into the issuing of Birmingham City Council’s section 114.
FINANCE
Abolish grant support for five local authorities to raise £600m, think-tank suggests
By Dan Peters | 19 August 2024
The Government should ‘reduce or eliminate all support’ for a number of local authorities where c...
LOCAL AUDIT
Beyond the local audit backstop
By Paul Dossett | 16 August 2024
Paul Dossett reviews the reasons for the delays in audited accounts and says long-term solutions ...
LEGAL
Council accuses tycoon of misusing £150m of its investment
By William Eichler | 16 August 2024
Thurrock Council has launched a High Court lawsuit accusing businessman Liam Kavanagh of misusing...
DIGITAL
Audit warning over councils' digital ambitions
By Martin Ford | 15 August 2024
Councils are taking risks as they turn to technology to ease financial pressures, Audit Wales has...
FINANCE
Calls for Government to improve flood management funding
By Emily Twinch | 15 August 2024
Westminster must come up with a more sustainable way of funding flood management as rising costs ...
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