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FINANCE
New audit code to bring commentary requirement
By Dan Peters | 30 August 2019
Auditors will have to issue a commentary on councils’ financial sustainability, governance and ho...
FINANCE
Watchdog tells Perth & Kinross to tackle 'underperforming' services
By Martin Ford | 27 August 2019
Perth & Kinross Council has been warned it must tackle underperforming services by a watchdog des...
WHITEHALL
Commissioners urge NAO to monitor auditor powers
By Dan Peters | 19 August 2019
The National Audit Office (NAO) should monitor auditors’ use of additional powers and use this to...
BUSINESS
Local audit at a 'crossroads'
By Dan Peters | 12 August 2019
Local audit is at a ‘crossroads’ and needs to provide ‘better assurance and more impact for the p...
FINANCE
Number of delayed audit opinions rockets
By Dan Peters | 09 August 2019
The number of delayed audit opinions in local government has risen sharply this year, according t...
FINANCE
Rebuilding trust is a long-term ambition
By Rob Whiteman | 06 August 2019
Making local authority accounts more accessible to the modern-day user will help us shape a more ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Moray warned time is running out
By Martin Ford | 06 August 2019
Audit Scotland has told a council that it has 'limited time' to curb spending before its reserves...
FINANCE
Audit separation call
By Dan Peters | 05 August 2019
A call has been made for auditors’ value for money work to be separated out from their wider work...
FINANCE
Auditor raises reserves concerns at Redcar & Cleveland
By Martin Ford | 01 August 2019
The council has been warned it faces running out of reserves within two years.
BUSINESS
Report discovers little assurance on council-owned company governance
By Paul Marinko | 01 August 2019
A Hertsmere BC audit report has only given ‘limited assurance’ that its governance of council-own...
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Director of Education and Inclusion
£120,901
Premium jobAs we move into a new era built on the strengths and ambition of our borough, we are seeking an outstanding Director of Education... Apply for this job
Engineering Team Manager (Network Co-ordination)
£53,460 - £56,732 per annum
Premium jobWe are looking for an enthusiastic and highly driven candidate to join our Highways Asset Management team at Calderdale Council. Apply for this job
Joint Chief Planning Officer
£85,456 - £92,027
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent
- Corporate Peer Challenge: Going boldly on in Bristol
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- LCN chair: CCN existence 'illogical'
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