FINANCE

Cause of local authority audit delays 'multi-faceted'

By Mark Whitehead | 07 March 2023

Stakeholders in the local audit system must continue efforts to secure timely publication of audi...

WHITEHALL

Councils plead for extra audit time

By William Eichler | 03 March 2023

English councils have pleaded for an extra month for local authorities to publish their draft una...

FINANCE

Slough rapped by auditor

By Martin Ford | 21 February 2023

Slough Council’s external auditor has uncovered ‘weaknesses in governance arrangements’ after loo...

WHITEHALL

CIPFA to 'look again' at select committee's report

By Dan Peters | 20 February 2023

Local government finance experts will ‘look again’ at a six-year-old report by MPs on improving t...

FINANCE

Auditor sounded alarm over BCP budget

By Martin Ford | 15 February 2023

Grave warnings were issued about 11th hour changes to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) C...

WHITEHALL

Performance body planned, but no league table return

By Dan Peters | 15 February 2023

Whitehall officials have told the sector they do not intend to create league tables as they push ...

WELFARE

Council benefits teams struggling, auditors warn

By Mark Conrad | 14 February 2023

People are waiting longer for housing benefit claims while Scotland’s councils face soaring workl...

FINANCE

Brighton grapples with 'high risk' loan

By Martin Ford | 10 February 2023

Brighton & Hove City Council will have to put aside millions of pounds every year to cover a loan...

BUSINESS

Auditor calls for national changes after public interest report

By Dan Peters | 01 February 2023

External auditor Grant Thornton has called for national changes after cataloguing a ‘toxic’ cultu...

FINANCE

Call for fiscal freedom

By Martin Ford | 01 February 2023

Scotland’s councils face their ‘most difficult’ year of budget setting, politicians in Holyrood h...

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Chief Digital and Information Officer

£88,679 to £103,255

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Reading Borough Council

Executive Director, Operations

£97,601 per annum

Ashfield is thriving. We are proud of our district and our ambition is to be ‘great’ across all our services. Apply for this job

Ashfield District Council

Assistant Director Legal, Governance and Coroners (Monitoring Officer)

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Rochdale Borough Council is looking for a pioneering, passionate and proud Assistant Director of Legal, Governance and Coroners (Monitoring Officer). Apply for this job

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