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Rob Whiteman

Rob Whiteman

Rob Whiteman is chief executive of CIPFA

Articles by Rob Whiteman

FINANCE

The financial hole is not as deep as it looks

By Rob Whiteman | 16 June 2021

We can say with confidence that the hole councils are in is not as deep as it looks, says Rob Whi...

FINANCE

Consider the risks of terminating COVID support prematurely

By Rob Whiteman | 05 May 2021

Currently additional COVID support beyond June is in doubt. 'The uncertainty this poses for counc...

COUNCIL TAX

The funding puzzle stays unsolved

By Rob Whiteman | 24 March 2021

CIPFA's council tax data revealed the average council tax bills for band D properties in two regi...

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY

Libraries are vital to tackling loneliness

By Rob Whiteman | 08 December 2020

The UK's libraries are a key element in tackling loneliness and isolation, says Rob Whiteman. Yet...

FINANCE

What can we take away from Croydon's s114 notice?

By Rob Whiteman | 19 November 2020

It’s immediately clear from Croydon LBC’s section 114 action that local government must recognise...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Move to a true local state

By Rob Whiteman | 28 October 2020

We have now reached a turning point 'where devolution to a true local state would not only achiev...

AUDIT

We share the Redmond Review's key aims

By Rob Whiteman | 16 September 2020

CIPFA supports the key objective of the Redmond Review to ensure the statutory framework for loca...

PLANNING

Don't seek to override local choice on development

By Rob Whiteman | 25 June 2020

Rob Whiteman hopes the ‘sorry episode’ of the Westferry Printworks application ‘once and for all ...

FINANCE

The care home sector 'entered the pandemic on the back foot'

By Rob Whiteman | 24 June 2020

The suggestion that a 'protective ring' was cast around care homes is difficult to swallow, write...

SOCIAL CARE

Slipping through the cracks

By Wajid Shafiq | 01 June 2020

CIPFA and Xantura have set up a data partnership to support the local authority fight against COV...

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