More than 200 authorities have opted to join the Local Government Association’s (LGA’s) Public Sector Audit Appointments Ltd (PSAA), set up to manage council auditing contracts.
Flintshire Council votes to re-purchase ex-council properties
Flintshire Council has voted to buy back a collection of former council houses, in report which confirmed the move was necessary to plug a growing gap in affordable homes.
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has announced a series of grants totalling £4 million, which will allow museums and galleries across England to increase access, improve displays and enhance public spaces.
Rural areas affected by patchy service provision, study finds
New research from Rural England has highlighted that rural communities are suffering from a ‘patchy’ provision of key services and has called for more to be done to fill the gaps.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced a funding pot of £29 million to help community and third sector projects tackle poverty.
The Scottish Government will direct £18.9 million into a new Aspiring Communities Fund to help organisations find new, long lasting community led solutions to poverty, by increasing economic activity or enhancing services to meet local needs.
Glasgow City Council is to increase council tax for the first time since 2005, raising the figure by three per cent.
After the national council tax freeze ended this year, Scotland’s second largest city will hope that the increase will raise more than £7 million with the council facing a budget gap of £67 million.
The increases are due to take effect just weeks before May's council elections. A final decision on the council tax in Glasgow is likely to be made in February.
