FINANCE

LGA wins battle for national audit body

By Dan Peters | 25 July 2016

A sector-led body will be allowed to run a national scheme that will make future audit appointmen...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Freer: Start thinking about future of audit

By Dan Peters | 07 July 2016

Local government must start thinking about future audit arrangements today, the chairman of the s...

FINANCE

Details of £300m grant 'not in the public interest'

By Dan Peters | 21 June 2016

The Government has refused to publish key details about how its £300m transitional grant was allo...

AUDIT

Auditor reports governance failings at Derby City Council

By Sam Clayden | 16 June 2016

Auditor Grant Thornton has highlighted 'significant' governance failings at Derby City Council be...

FINANCE

NAO's undercover role

25 May 2016

Some readers would have been gripped by the recent BBC drama series Undercover, in which a defenc...

FINANCE

Oldham accounts 'on course to beat previous records'

By Dan Peters | 25 May 2016

Oldham MBC is on track to beat its own record for how quickly it can prepare its accounts.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Councils keen on sector-led audit deals

By Dan Peters | 25 May 2016

More than 200 councils and other local bodies have indicated they would be interested in a sector...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Council chief to retire

03 May 2016

Inverclyde Council chief executive John Mundell is to retire later this year after a decade at th...

FINANCE

Seeking value in a privatised world

By Dr Laurence Ferry | 26 April 2016

Dr Laurence Ferry warns local government cannot rely on armchair auditors when it is facing a sig...

WHITEHALL

Growth deals slammed over lack of transparency

By Sam Clayden | 22 March 2016

Communities secretary Greg Clark invited local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) to apply for a slic...

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