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FINANCE
CIPFA to consult on financial management codes
By Martin Ford | 29 April 2026
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) is to consult on the rules governing financial management.
FINANCE
Fifty years on: Lessons from the Layfield report on local council funding
By Owen Mapley | 29 April 2026
Half a century from the Layfield Report on local government finance, many of the issues it raised...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Reform council refuses to name recipient of £455k exit pay-out
By Joe Lepper | 28 April 2026
Reform UK-led Staffordshire CC has remained tight-lipped around the reason for a record £457,000 ...
FINANCE
How councils are using crowdfunding to match-fund repair and reuse projects
By Frank Kibble | 27 April 2026
Frank Kibble looks at how councils can co-fund and support the repair and reuse revolution.
POLICY AND POLITICS
Mayor sidesteps calls for London exploitation board
By Dan Peters | 23 April 2026
London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has refused to say whether he backs an exploitation board that would ...
FINANCE
Restoring the third pillar of local authority finance: citizen investment
By Karl Harder | 23 April 2026
Karl Harder looks at the benefits of citizen investing.
FINANCE
MPs launch fiscal devolution inquiry
By Martin Ford | 22 April 2026
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Local Government has announced an inquiry into fiscal...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Solace urges Better Care Fund rethink
By Dan Peters | 22 April 2026
Council chief executives have called for an urgent rethink of how funds like the Better Care Fund...
FINANCE
Is income tax assignment a step change in English devolution?
By Mark Sandford | 22 April 2026
Kevin Muldoon-Smith and Mark Sandford say assigning a share of income tax locally could strengthe...
POLICY AND POLITICS
MPs call for 'effective sanctions' on B&B use councils
By Joe Lepper | 22 April 2026
Councils that repeatedly fail to end the use of bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation for familie...
FINANCE
Woking-owned ThamesWey debt exceeds £600m
By Martin Ford | 20 April 2026
Woking BC’s wholly owned company racked up debts of more than £600m, according to its latest acco...
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