UK councils struggle to balance budgets

Seven out of ten councils said they would struggle to balance their budgets following the government’s Autumn Statement, a survey found. Leaders of those bodies said that they would have to raise council tax by the maximum Read more

UK’s local government audit “close to breaking point”

The system of local auditing in the UK is “close to breaking point”, the House of Commons Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) said. 

Local government bodies looking to publish their accounts for 2021-22 received only 12 per cent of Read more