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FINANCE

Solace: Underfunding councils 'ultimate false economy'

By William Eichler | 15 October 2024

Failing to ensure councils are properly funded is ‘the ultimate false economy’ because it forces ...

FINANCE

Peering into the black hole

By Michael Burton | 15 October 2024

How might local government fare from the Budget? Michael Burton dips into last week’s Green Budge...

FINANCE

Two council leaders warn of financial collapse

By Martin Ford | 14 October 2024

The leaders of two councils have warned they are close to issuing section 114 notices.

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Council attempts to recover payments to late chief executive

By Martin Ford | 14 October 2024

A council is to launch legal action over payments to a former chief executive, who has since died.

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...

WALES

Welsh councils facing £559m budget pressure

By Paul Marinko | 11 October 2024

Welsh councils face budget pressures of around £559m next year, the sector’s umbrella organisatio...

FINANCE

Breaking free from short-term fixes

By By Owen Mapley | 11 October 2024

The sector needs immediate support to 'start planning for an alternative to episodic crisis manag...

FINANCE

Newham seeks exceptional financial support

By Martin Ford | 11 October 2024

Newham LBC has approached the Government seeking exceptional financial support.

WASTE

Waste reform cost fears

By Martin Ford | 10 October 2024

Fears have been voiced that waste reforms could heap more financial burdens onto local government.

FINANCE

IFS: Councils should channel reserves into transformation

By Lee Peart | 10 October 2024

The head of devolved and local government finance at the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has su...

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