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AUDIT
Government announces new audit commitments
By Paul Marinko | 09 April 2025
The Government has today set out a series of commitments aimed at ‘overhauling’ local authority a...
FINANCE
Policy action needed to solve financial challenges
By Martin Ford | 08 April 2025
Radical short-term fixes followed by changes in policy are required to shore-up local government ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Early intervention spending down 40%
By Martin Ford | 07 April 2025
Spending on early intervention children’s services has plummeted by more than 40% since the onset...
SCOTLAND
Council urged to take 'more strategic approach' to transformation
By Emily Twinch | 07 April 2025
A watchdog has urged Argyll and Bute Council to take a more ‘strategic approach’ to transforming ...
FINANCE
Resetting the funding system is vital
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 04 April 2025
SIGOMA’s latest report sets out the path to a more sustainable and equitable local government fun...
FINANCE
A chance to step back and reflect on funding reform
By Jon Rowney | 04 April 2025
The sector needs a way of raising concerns when funding settlements are out of step with its purp...
FINANCE
Government to set out SEND deficit plans
By Martin Ford | 03 April 2025
The Government is to set out how it will tackle the £6bn special educational needs and disabiliti...
HOMELESSNESS
Picking up the pieces of a financial death loop
By Heather Jameson | 03 April 2025
Heather Jameson says: 'Amid a well-rehearsed list of increasing crises facing local authorities, ...
HOUSING
Cost of homelessness leaves councils reeling
By Joe Lepper | 03 April 2025
Councils are being ‘pushed to breaking point’ by the ballooning cost of homelessness support, cha...
LEGAL
EXCLUSIVE: Sector bodies decline to join legal challenge
By Dan Peters | 03 April 2025
The County Councils’ Network (CCN) and Rural Services’ Network (RSN) will not financially support...
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