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BUSINESS
Councils lobby for reduced audit fees amid backstop plan
By Dan Peters | 08 March 2024
Fees for councils should be slashed if auditors are forced to give qualified opinions due to fail...
FINANCE
Experts in fresh push for fiscal devolution
By Dan Peters | 08 March 2024
An independent group of experts is preparing to pile pressure on ministers to back fiscal devolut...
FINANCE
Woking and Thurrock failures 'embarrassing'
By Martin Ford | 08 March 2024
The local government watchdog’s chief executive has said the collapse of councils such as Woking ...
WHITEHALL
Right to Buy lobbying fails as Treasury ends temporary boost
By Dan Peters | 08 March 2024
The Treasury has confirmed councils will no longer keep 100% of Right to Buy (RTB) receipts after...
FINANCE
OBR: Council borrowing for capital to halve
By Michael Burton | 08 March 2024
Council borrowing for capital projects is expected to almost halve due to curbs on commercial loa...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Stockport chief set to take reins at Greater Manchester
By Martin Ford | 07 March 2024
Stockport MBC boss Caroline Simpson has been named as the preferred candidate to become group chi...
WHITEHALL
Two-year Sandwell intervention to end
By Dan Peters | 07 March 2024
Local government minister Simon Hoare has today confirmed that Whitehall’s two-year intervention ...
FINANCE
There is no quick fix
By Martin Ford | 06 March 2024
The announcement of £2.5bn of ‘exceptional financial support’ for councils will fail to fix local...
EDUCATION
Budget: Boost for preventative services
By Martin Ford | 06 March 2024
Funding for preventative services has been announced as part of the Budget in an attempt to relie...
FINANCE
Budget: West Midlands to get £15m culture funding boost
06 March 2024
The West Midlands Combined Authority is to get a £15m boost in funding for culture, heritage and ...
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