Surrey County Council has asked the government to write off £1bn of debt ahead of possible reorganisation. © 2024 Public Finance. Public Finance is published on behalf of the Chartered Institute of ...

Bus provision was cut between 2011 and 2023 at a rate 10 times higher in the most deprived areas of England compared with the least deprived, according to the IPPR North think-tank.

The government has set up a cross-party review of adult social care to propose ways to transform the sector, which has faced years of failed or unpopular proposals, and deal with one of the UK’s most ...

head of knowledge and products at the Chartered Institute of Housing ...

Angela Rayner has been warned plans to create ‘mega councils’ could “take powers away from local communities”.

Rachel Reeves has confirmed the date of the Spring Forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility.

Local authorities must learn from failings that allowed a £1m fraud to go undetected for almost two decades, Scotland’s public spending watchdog has said.

Sarah Lafond is an economics analyst at The Heath Foundation think-tank ...

Wirral Council is seeking an emergency government bailout after auditors warned that a deficit of over £26m and scant reserves place the authority in a “critical” financial situation.

This is the 15th in the series of PF Perspectives, produced by CIPFA and Public Finance to stimulate discussion on key public finance and policy issues. These essays by public sector leaders and ...

Peter Worth is managing director of Worth Technical Accounting Solutions Limited and a member of CIPFA’s Local Authority Accounting Panel and Pensions Advisory Network ...