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FINANCE
Resource concerns over funeral director visits
By Martin Ford | 29 May 2024
Councils fear scarce resources will be stretched to breaking point by Government requests for vis...
WHITEHALL
Money matters
By Rob Whiteman | 29 May 2024
As I retire from my position as the chief executive of Chartered Institute of Public Finance and ...
WELFARE
Knitting the net to tackle hardship
By More recently the Household Support Fund (HSF) has played a crucial role in bolstering this provision. But the HSF is now due to end in September. This is deeply short-sighted. As the National Audit Office has shown, local welfare assistance generates savings for other parts of local and national government by preventing crises spiralling. | 28 May 2024
Speaker at New Local's upcoming Stronger Things 2024 Katie Schmuecker argues councils are key to ...
FINANCE
National service threat to Shared Prosperity Fund
By Martin Ford | 28 May 2024
Conservative proposals to create a national service scheme could spell the end of the UK Shared P...
ELECTIONS
Stoke-on-Trent council welcomes last-minute £20m levelling up funding
By William Eichler | 28 May 2024
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has welcomed the approval of £20m in Levelling Up Partnership funding...
FINANCE
Minister calls for cross-party solution to 'broken' funding
By Martin Ford | 24 May 2024
Local government minister Simon Hoare has admitted the funding formula for councils is ‘all but b...
WHITEHALL
MacAlister: Not enough has changed on children's social care
By Mark Conrad | 23 May 2024
The author of the Government’s independent review of children’s care has warned ‘not enough has c...
FINANCE
Windsor and Maidenhead issues section 114 warning
By William Eichler | 23 May 2024
Windsor and Maidenhead BC has warned it could be facing effective bankruptcy if financial support...
WHITEHALL
Flood councils in urgent £11m cash call
By Mark Conrad | 21 May 2024
Councils managing flood risks have urgently called for £11m cash to plug a ‘widening gap’ in Inte...
FINANCE
Time is money
By Tracie Langley | 21 May 2024
As construction costs remain high efforts to improve the speed of decison-making and staff proces...
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