It took just two words to confirm Manchester’s new chilling financial reality: The city has a £20m problem that ‘isn’t going ...

Rachel Reeves will blow an £8bn hole in council finances with her record Budget tax raid, local authorities have warned ...

EDITORIAL NOTE: this article has been amended to reflect the council cutting more than 550 posts, not more than 550 staff.

Fife Council's minority Labour administration has officially unveiled its budget proposals for the coming year.

The UK does not have executive orders like the US. But there are still ways for the government to administratively act ...

Next Wednesday councillors will be asked to sign off the council’s budget for the new financial year, writes ​deputy leader ...

Analysts warned the Chancellor her split between spending cuts and higher taxes was "similar to that seen in unsuccessful ...

Kent’s biggest and most beleaguered local authority agreed a balanced budget yesterday afternoon (February 13) – but its ...

East Sussex County Council has agreed to spend £579.6 million on services in the next financial year but it warned council tax will rise to balance the books.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ attempts to put the public finances on firmer ground through tax hikes are “unlikely to succeed,” ...

Derbyshire County Council has set a balanced budget with councillors agreeing how the authority will manage its finances for the year ahead.