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POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Cleverly calls for transparency boost
By Dan Peters | 11 June 2026
Shadow local government secretary James Cleverly has called for measures that would strengthen th...
FINANCE
Report finds 'optimism bias' in council projections
By Neil Merrick | 30 March 2026
Brighton and Hove city councillors were guilty of ‘optimism bias’ in forecasting the popularity o...
AUDIT
Lords share doubts over Local Audit Office plans
By Martin Ford | 09 March 2026
Concerns have been raised in the House of Lords over the Government’s plans for a Local Audit Off...
FINANCE
Fresh finance structure for Gloucester after auditor intervention
By Dan Peters | 05 March 2026
Gloucester City Council has proposed a fresh structure for an expanded finance team after its ext...
FINANCE
Say no to new burdens or face apocalypse
By Heather Jameson | 04 March 2026
Local government will need to prove to the public that there is no more waste, says Heather James...
FINANCE
MPs warn reorganisation may worsen audit crisis
By Martin Ford | 04 March 2026
MPs have warned that local government reorganisation could further undermine efforts to fix deep-...
REORGANISATION
LGR's four phases of financial alignment
By Emily Douglin | 25 February 2026
Emily Douglin looks at the key considerations when combining local government financial systems.
REORGANISATION
Delivering a new culture in a merged council
By Heather Jameson | 25 February 2026
Heather Jameson talks to Adrianna Partridge about the challenges of taking on the top job at loca...
AUDIT
Auditors uncover 'significant weaknesses' at Wirral
By Joe Lepper | 17 February 2026
Wirral Council needs to ‘urgently’ tackle ‘significant weaknesses’ in its finances, governance an...
FINANCE
Councils' unaudited accounts remain 'a cautionary tale', NAO chief will say
By Ann McGauran | 10 February 2026
Backlogs of unaudited accounts mean English local government ‘remains a cautionary tale’, the hea...
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