Fixing the English local government audit crisis for good could take “radical” ideas, and those involved in reform are willing to consider them, Public Finance Live heard. - Short form article, Audit ...

Hundreds of councils face financial precarity and the government is finally running out of time to do something about it, an influential group of MPs has warned.

A publicly owned National Housing Bank backed with £16bn has launched with the ambition of delivering more than 500,000 homes. - Short form article, Investment, National Housing Bank, Homes England, ...

Lloyds innovative card solutions have several benefits for the public sector, writes head of corporate card products at Lloyds, David Legg. - Opinion, Banking & Finance ...

The prospect of public sector reform leading to a fresh approach to urban asset management was a leading topic on day one of Public Finance Live 2025. - Short form article, Academies, Local government ...

The government’s planned benefits system overhaul could cut welfare spending by £11bn a year when fully implemented – but the health-related benefits bill will still far exceed pre-pandemic levels, ...

The deadline to pool assets under the Local Government Pension Scheme may be unrealistic, while concerns over potential conflicts of interest under the new arrangements have not been fully addressed, ...

The Scottish Government has said it plans to shed thousands of public sector jobs as part of a package of measures to plug a projected annual budget gap of £4.7bn. - Short form article, Scottish ...

The government faces calls to scale back the governance and audit requirements on small public bodies to free up resources and improve accountability. - Short form article, NAO, national audit office, ...

The government has not done enough to ensure victims of the Horizon IT scandal are properly compensated, according to a group of leading MPs. - Short form article, PAC, Post Office, Horizon, Public ...

PF looks at the recent history and near future of the English local audit system to ask what went wrong, and what the government is doing about it. - Long form article, Audit Commission, Local Audit, ...

The state of the NHS estate is well recognised: crumbling buildings, service failures and an eye-watering maintenance backlog. The contributing factors are clearly historic under-investment, and under ...