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PROCUREMENT
Unfair variations in energy costs hit councils by £700m
By Ann McGauran | 07 August 2024
Councils could have saved more than £700m in 2023/24 if they had paid the same rate for energy as...
FINANCE
Councils hit new low in value for money survey
By Martin Ford | 07 August 2024
The amount of people who believe they are getting value for money from local authorities is falli...
FINANCE
Warrington must be 'more realistic' about finances
By Emily Twinch | 06 August 2024
Warrington Council urgently needs to get to grips with its complex and risky financial situation,...
FINANCE
How to fix local government finance
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 05 August 2024
Existing funding needs to be distributed more fairly, and stability must be returned to the syste...
FINANCE
Dudley to 'get a grip' on finances
By Dan Peters | 05 August 2024
Spending controls have helped Dudley MBC ‘get a grip’ on its finances, the council has said.
WELFARE
Councils 'deeply concerned' about support fund cut
By Ellie Ames | 01 August 2024
Nearly six in 10 councils will be unable to fund any additional local welfare assistance when the...
FISCAL DEVOLUTION
Fresh fiscal devolution push as cuts loom
By Dan Peters | 01 August 2024
Council chiefs are attempting to push fiscal devolution onto the desks of new ministers as the Go...
FINANCE
Lack of local finance reform a 'big mistake' – Travers
By Heather Jameson | 01 August 2024
The new Government has made a ‘big mistake’ by ruling out immediate local government finance refo...
FINANCE
The first steps back
By Heather Jameson | 01 August 2024
Heather Jameson speaks to interim chief Andrew Travers about the current state of local governmen...
FISCAL DEVOLUTION
Fiscal devolution comes at a cost – but it's worth it
By Heather Jameson | 31 July 2024
Rachel Reeves' discovery of a fiscal black hole may be had news for the public purse, but it coul...
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