Barnet issues s114 over unauthorised payments
FINANCE

Barnet issues s114 over unauthorised payments

By Martin Ford | 24 January 2025

Barnet LBC has issued a section 114 notice over ‘unlawful’ payments to and from the council’s pension fund.

REORGANISATION

Councils do not need to start from zero

By Rachael Shimmin | 24 January 2025

It is critical that councils with a desire to move to unitarisation have genuinely helpful suppor...

FINANCE

Frustration mounts over delay to National Insurance allocations

By Dan Peters | 23 January 2025

The Government has still not revealed how much each council will be compensated for the increase ...

FINANCE

Ensuring public services thrive for generations to come

By Iain Murray | 22 January 2025

Iain Murray says: 'We must take the opportunity currently being presented to strengthen public fi...

FINANCE

The risk of just rearranging those deckchairs

By Graeme McDonald | 22 January 2025

Graeme McDonald says that unless the sector comes together to argue for reform that truly changes...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

US, them and the plan for economic growth

By Heather Jameson | 22 January 2025

If the growth mission is the big priority on this side of the pond, 'what action is the Governmen...

REORGANISATION

Tewkesbury councillors advised to scrap name change

By Ellie Ames | 21 January 2025

Officers have recommended that Tewkesbury BC abandons the process of changing its name after loca...

PENSIONS

Decoupling the accounts is the way forward

By Cllr Neil Swannick | 21 January 2025

The Government’s proposal to publish and audit the accounts of the Local Government Pension Funds...

FINANCE

LGA cuts warning over accounting rule change

By Dan Peters | 20 January 2025

English councils have warned they may have to make ‘unnecessary cuts’ if the Government pushes ah...

FINANCE

Edinburgh tourism tax could be starting point for fiscal devolution, experts suggest

By Dan Peters | 20 January 2025

The approach to a tourism tax being taken forward in Scottish and Welsh cities could be a startin...

FINANCE

Local authorities ask for permission to raise council tax above referendum threshold

By Dan Peters | 20 January 2025

More councils have pleaded with ministers to increase their council tax above the 5% referendum l...

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