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WHITEHALL
Chiefs split on need for improved assurance but united in Oflog discontent
By Paul Marinko | 17 October 2023
Senior council officers are split on whether improved assurance measures are needed but broadly a...
PLANNING
A Bill to drive innovation and local accountability
By Rebecca Gilbert | 12 October 2023
With the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill going through its final parliamentary stages, Tiffany...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Newcastle chief admits corporate plan delay
By Mark Conrad | 03 October 2023
Newcastle City Council’s chief executive has told local spending watchdogs the authority’s overdu...
FINANCE
Missions budgeting in a challenging funding context
By Jon Rowney | 27 September 2023
Public sector recovery and renewal, with limited fiscal headroom to fund more than stabilisation,...
FINANCE
Home to roost
By Meg Hillier | 26 September 2023
The challenges faced by councils in financial crisis stem from Government action since 2010 and m...
FINANCE
Ministers turn down Tandridge capitalisation bid
By Mark Conrad | 22 September 2023
Ministers have refused requests for a capitalisation direction at Tandridge DC as they said effor...
FINANCE
Five steps to avoiding s114
By Tiffany Cloynes | 18 September 2023
Tiffany Cloynes looks at the current landscape in relation to section 114 notices and sets out fi...
FINANCE
Woking entered s114 territory in 2018
By Martin Ford | 13 September 2023
Woking BC may have faced a section 114 notice at least four years before it declared effective ba...
AUDIT
Audit's governance challenge
By Gary Fielding | 11 September 2023
Gary Fielding hopes the Government’s proposed changes to the external audit regime are seen as th...
FINANCE
Plymouth reaches impasse with auditor
By Martin Ford | 30 August 2023
Auditors could issue a qualified opinion on Plymouth City Council’s accounts after questioning it...
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