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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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Budget: Trailblazer devo deal for North East

By Dan Peters | 06 March 2024

The North East has secured a trailblazer devolution deal that could provide a package of new fund...

Cladding issue could be 'tip of iceberg'

By Dan Peters | 06 March 2024

Barnet LBC has warned fire safety issues with nearly 600 low-rise homes could be ‘just the tip of...

CIPFA pleads for Oflog costs to be kept down

By Dan Peters | 01 March 2024

It is ‘unrealistic’ to think the Office for Local Government (Oflog) will not pile fresh resource...

Lending rates could spike after audit reset, LGA warns

By Dan Peters | 01 March 2024

Proposals to reset the local audit system and clear the backlog of accounts could drive up the le...

Call for Whitehall homelessness strategy after rough sleeping spike

By Dan Peters | 01 March 2024

London Councils has called for a cross-departmental strategy to reduce homelessness after Governm...

LGA 'strengthens' peer challenge but still won't name and shame resistant councils

By Dan Peters | 01 March 2024

The Local Government Association (LGA) has launched its ‘strengthened’ corporate peer challenge (...