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Section 114 notice issued at Nottingham City Council

1,000% rise in five years in number of children’s social care placements costing £10,000 per week

LUHC Committee demands answers from Michael Gove on local authorities’ financial health

Local authorities given government funding to provide homes for rough sleepers

Roundtable special report: real estate investing for the LGPS

Chancellor must ‘throw a lifeline’ to ‘vital’ local services in Autumn Statement

No ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution to local government’s financial difficulties, says new minister

Levelling up projects ‘behind schedule and unlikely to be completed by deadlines’, says NAO

Broken markets and missing money: parliamentary committee hears s151 officers’ concerns

Woking receives approval to borrow extra £78m from PWLB

Nottingham seriously considering s114 notice as £23m gap makes balancing budget unlikely

Birmingham needs further help to set budget as ‘stark’ medium-term position is outlined for the first time

Causes of section 114 warnings now systemic, parliamentary committee told

Cities should keep slice of income tax as part of ‘serious new plans for devolution’

‘Give local authorities a legal duty over economic development’

ICAEW calls for ‘urgent action’ on funding pots bidding and the audit crisis

South Cambridgeshire hit with Best Value Notice over four-day working week trial

Concern raised over reliability of data and expertise of council-run firm providing financial services

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