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40% of councils face 'financial failure'

By Ellie Ames | 15 January 2024

Two in five councils in England could see their reserves drop to less than 5% of their net revenu...

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North Northants leader warns of 'robust action' to stem budget crisis

By Andrew Vaux | 12 January 2024

The leader of North Northamptonshire Council has banned all but essential spending in an urgent b...

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Somerset in capitalisation request amid 'financial emergency'

By Martin Ford | 10 January 2024

Somerset Council is to seek a capitalisation direction and permission to raise council tax by up ...

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Is this the end of innovation?

By Paul Marinko | 10 January 2024

Is there a tendency among council members to play it safe and avoid risks? Norse Group and The MJ...

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We need Government to recognise district councils could help them fix the system

By Gill Kneller | 08 January 2024

Hampshire CC's finances are having indirect impacts on East Hampshire DC and its most vulnerable ...

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Stormy waters ahead

By Mark Conrad | 08 January 2024

Mark Conrad talks to three major groups of councils about what the provisional finance settlement...

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Oflog chair 'aware of the systemic pressures'

By Martin Ford | 05 January 2024

Chair of the Office for Local Government (Oflog), Lord Morse, has said he wants to ‘set the recor...

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Lord Morse: I do not blame all council failure on 'bad management' 

By Lord Morse | 05 January 2024

A recent newspaper article portrayed him wrongly as arguing that any council financial failure co...

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Nottingham commissioners would 'undermine senior officers'

By Martin Ford | 04 January 2024

Nottingham City Council has urged the Government not to send in commissioners to oversee the runn...

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Finance watchdog launches Thurrock investigation

By Mark Conrad | 03 January 2024

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched an investigation into the conduct of an unname...

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