Local authority funding shake-up planned
Understanding Sajid Javid’s funding shakeup is key to council budgets in 2018.
Further financial crisis following UK outsourcer cuts
Further financial crisis following UK outsourcer cuts
Isle of Wight council makes £100m property investment
Isle of Wight Council makes £100m property investment
LGA calls for action to boost council budgets in 2017/18
LGA calls on Westminster to adjust the final Local Government Finance Settlement and prevent a £5.8bn funding gap.
SMEs’ funding requests highlight importance of prompt payments
SMEs seem to be undeterred by Brexit uncertainty as the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) records a sudden increase in funding enquiries during August. While the numbers are encouraging, could they suggest that small businesses are opening themselves up to repayment problems further down the line?
53 English councils cannot resettle Syrian refugees
In September 2015, then-Prime Minister David Cameron pledged Britain would take in 20,000 Syrian refugees. So far, UK councils have promised to resettle 8,146 refugees, but a July 2016 survey in the Local Government Chronicle (LGC) reveals 53 of 148 English local authorities surveyed cannot afford the cost. Is such a commitment financially viable for UK councils after government austerity cuts?
LGA calls on government to protect the £5.3bn allocated to councils by the E
In the wake of Brexit, the government should protect the “vital funding” provided by the EU to regional communities, the Local Government Association (LGA) has urged. However, with so much uncertainty at Westminster, could the EU funding for regeneration projects in the UK disappear completely?
Government urged to plug multi-billion-pound social care shortfall
Councils will have a £4.3 billion adult social care shortfall to make up by 2020, a new report has warned. In response, the Local Government Association (LGA) has called on the government to bring forward its proposed funding – but can councils really afford to rely on state help?