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Paul Dossett

Paul Dossett

Paul Dossett is head of local government at Grant Thornton UK

Articles by Paul Dossett

Local government reorganisation – panacea or mirage?

By Paul Dossett | 10 September 2024

If local government reorganisation is not properly planned, structured and resourced, there is a ...

Beyond the local audit backstop

By Paul Dossett | 16 August 2024

Paul Dossett reviews the reasons for the delays in audited accounts and says long-term solutions ...

How can further local authority failures be prevented?

By Paul Dossett | 06 December 2023

There is evidence in a new report from Grant Thornton that in each case of serious local governme...

Lessons on leadership and governance

By Professor Catherine Staite | 18 April 2023

Paul Dossett and Professor Catherine Staite consider what can be learned from the varied and comp...

What can be learnt from the recent Public Interest Reports?

By Paul Dossett | 12 March 2021

Paul Dossett of Grant Thornton UK considers the key lessons for local government that have emerge...

A place-based approach to economic recovery

By Paul Dossett | 04 August 2020

According to the latest analysis commissioned on behalf of the County Councils Network, counties ...

Avoiding the dangers of a 'one-size-fits all' approach

By Paul Dossett | 04 March 2020

Two key recommendations highlighted in a new report on the need for 'levelling-up' to include cou...

This will be a different Conservative Government

By Paul Dossett | 13 December 2019

Head of local government at Grant Thornton UK, Paul Dossett, says the fact that the Conservative ...

What is the future for audit?

By Paul Dossett | 01 October 2019

Paul Dossett puts the case for a new type of oversight body for local audit that would take a str...

Reserves are not the answer

By Paul Dossett | 11 September 2018

Overall council reserve levels have seen a surprising increase in the past year, but this has not...