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Abdool Kara

Abdool Kara

Abdool Kara is executive leader for local services at the National Audit Office and former chief execuitve of Swale BC

Articles by Abdool Kara

Looking at alternatives to competitive funding pots

By Abdool Kara | 07 March 2023

Could the resources invested in failed bids, added to the immense resources needed to assess them...

So many failures looks like carelessness, as Oscar Wilde almost said

By Abdool Kara | 10 January 2023

Some combination of senior councillors and officers is at fault when it comes to council failures...

The tentative theory of the infinite queue

By Abdool Kara | 26 October 2022

Abdool Kara considers why a Government should invest in prevention when it will make no tangible ...

The case for prevention investment

By Abdool Kara | 30 August 2022

We may talk in terms of prevention, preservation or perhaps resilience, but the evidence is that ...

Go with your gut on EDI

By Abdool Kara | 05 July 2022

If we are going to make progress on equality, diversity and inclusion local government needs to c...

The NAO will be paying close attention to the progress of levelling up

By Abdool Kara | 11 May 2022

Abdool Kara says it is straightforward to direct Government capital and infrastructure cash towar...

Ukraine crisis is 'forging stronger bonds'

By Abdool Kara | 15 March 2022

The crisis in Ukraine is seeing countries around the world unite in support of its people, writes...

A late-notice, short-term and partial settlement poses problems

By Abdool Kara | 18 January 2022

There may be a clue about why the sector only has a one-year settlement in the lack of announceme...

Finding evidence to support the 'bleedin' obvious'

By Abdool Kara | 02 November 2021

Abdool Kara asks why such a small proportion of health money is devoted to preventative activiti...

Data shows the difference

By Abdool Kara | 06 September 2021

Despite all the legislation and guidance, there is still endless variation in local government, s...