Counties could be forced to issue Section 114 notices this year

By Tom Foster | 22 June 2020

If predictions in Grant Thornton's report on county finances fall anywhere close to the actual fi...

All about the outcomes

By Tom Foster | 21 February 2017

Outcomes-based budgeting may be challenging to implement, but Tom Foster argues it has the potent...

Balancing the budget

By Tom Foster | 02 June 2016

How high is the risk of financial failure for local authorities? Tom Foster uses exclusive data a...

Who wins from the social care precept?

By Tom Foster | 11 May 2016

Using exclusive data analyis, Tom Foster explains how the adult social care precept will most lik...

Is the financial settlement fair?

By Tom Foster | 06 April 2016

Using exclusive data analysis, Tom Foster examines whether the local government settlement was a ...