FINANCE

Council tax hits £2,000 barrier in two regions

By Dan Peters | 11 March 2021

The typical council tax bill for an average property in England’s north-east and south-west will ...

FINANCE

A tale of two Budgets?

By Heather Jameson | 09 March 2021

While the Budget delivered an economic quick fix, critics have highlighted its silence on support...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

You can't level up from (just) the top down

By Andy Burns | 05 March 2021

Andy Burns says while the ‘levelling up’ measures in the Budget are welcome, more strategic coher...

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY

Rating resilience

By Heather Jameson | 02 March 2021

Heather Jameson looks at what the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy’s latest ...

FINANCE

Councils defend 'misunderstood' commercial investments

By Martin Ford | 25 February 2021

The Government’s clampdown on commercial investments has come under fire from councils.

FINANCE

Easing the cash flow

By Martin Ford | 24 February 2021

Martin Ford looks at the reaction to the first set of capitalisation directions given to councils...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A confirmation of local government's true resilience

By Heather Jameson | 24 February 2021

Heather Jameson ponders what the latest CIPFA resilience index tells us about the state of local ...

FINANCE

Index reveals funding woes

By Heather Jameson | 24 February 2021

Most councils allowed to use capital cash to prop up their finances faced problems before the imp...

WHITEHALL

Grant fraud to soar

By Michael Burton | 22 February 2021

Grant fraud is expected to soar because of the amount of COVID-19 funding channelled through loca...

SOLACE

Procurement in the time of pandemic

By Dr Richard Simmons | 17 February 2021

One of the largest studies into how the annual £100bn local government procurement spend is being...

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