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WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Housing pressures may push councils into effective bankruptcy
By Dan Peters | 04 September 2023
Rising housing pressures will force some councils to effectively declare bankruptcy, a local auth...
FINANCE
Thurrock seeks 'agents of change' amid leadership restructure
By Paul Marinko | 04 September 2023
Thurrock Council is looking for ‘agents of change’ as it embarks on a restructure that will reduc...
FINANCE
Middlesbrough agrees to independent improvement advisory board
By Dan Peters | 04 September 2023
Middlesbrough Council has agreed to have an independent improvement advisory board for a year fro...
FINANCE
Somerset in section 114 warning
By Martin Ford | 31 August 2023
Somerset Council is the latest authority to raise the prospect of a possible section 114 notice.
WHITEHALL
Nine councils in section 114 warning
By Mark Conrad | 25 August 2023
Nine councils within the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (Sigoma) have warned the...
FINANCE
Reserves 'critical' at Middlesbrough
By Martin Ford | 16 August 2023
‘Critically low’ levels of reserves have left Middlesbrough Council in danger of issuing a sectio...
FINANCE
Woking to hire investment experts ahead of redundancies
By Martin Ford | 15 August 2023
Stricken Woking BC is hiring investment and property experts ahead of a round of redundancies.
FINANCE
Kirklees spending controls to avert s114
By Martin Ford | 09 August 2023
Senior councillors will be asked to implement a series of cost-cutting measures to combat in-year...
FINANCE
Appointments could spark finance review, says CIPFA chief
By Heather Jameson | 03 August 2023
The appointment of a new chief executive, finance director or political leader could provoke an i...
FINANCE
Hastings' financial controls 'not fully developed'
By Dan Peters | 31 July 2023
Senior Hastings BC councillors will be urged next week to ‘bring in and embed more stringent fina...
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