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Tracie Langley

Articles by Tracie Langley

Time to pull the belts in and batten down the hatches – again

By Tracie Langley | 12 October 2021

Tracie Langley says her task of signing off that a budget is robust has to be based on a signific...

Building a better funding model

By Tracie Langley | 31 August 2021

As councils switch their financial strategies from revenue to capital expenditure to build back b...

In times of financial uncertainty, clear and simple narratives are key

By Tracie Langley | 20 July 2021

Tracie Langley has been asked how she keeps her nerve as a section 151 'in the face of what is a ...

'Project speed' gains pace in Cornwall

By Tracie Langley | 08 June 2021

As part of ‘project speed’, Cornwall Council is reviewing its capital and investment project pro...

Addressing the challenges of hybrid working

By Tracie Langley | 28 April 2021

Tracie Langley says working through COVID-19 has shown how we can deliver in different ways and h...

Planning is the key to success

By Tracie Langley | 17 March 2021

Cornwall Council's finance team has delivered a huge amount during the past year, says Tracie Lan...

Facing down the fraudsters

By Tracie Langley | 03 February 2021

Tracie Langley offers three lines of attack to protect councils responsible for passporting signi...

The devil is in the detail

By Tracie Langley | 02 December 2020

Tracie Langley says that while the additional Spending Review cash helps, ‘it doesn’t help the ba...

Hoping to pack a much bigger punch

By Tracie Langley | 21 October 2020

Delivering council-wide savings rather than micro services reductions is the order of the day, wr...

Giving certainty in an uncertain world

By Tracie Langley | 09 September 2020

Chief operating officer at Cornwall Council Tracie Langley looks at how to do financial planning...