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FINANCE
Council struggling to deliver 80% of major planned savings, auditors warn
By Sam Clayden | 30 January 2018
Auditors have reported a raft of weaknesses in Redditch BC’s financial planning, raising concerns...
FINANCE
Watchdog warns of 'serious concerns' over Clackmannanshire's finances
By William Eichler | 25 January 2018
Scotland's smallest mainland council must take ‘decisive action’ to find nearly £30m in savings o...
WHITEHALL
New guidance after LEP criticism
By Dan Peters | 24 January 2018
Local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) have been handed a new best practice guide as the Government...
BUSINESS
Council told off by auditor
By Dan Peters | 19 January 2018
Auditors have scolded Copeland BC for submitting its accounts late.
AUDIT
Welsh councils must tackle causes of homelessness, watchdog says
By William Eichler | 09 January 2018
Local authorities in Wales need to do more to tackle the ‘underlying causes’ of homelessness, aud...
BUSINESS
Council improves after auditor's warning
By Mark Conrad | 08 January 2018
The Council of the Isles of Scilly has improved its accounting practices following a stern warnin...
BUSINESS
KPMG quits Grenfell inquiry role
By Mark Conrad | 08 January 2018
Audit giant KPMG has quit its role as adviser to the Grenfell Tower inquiry after concerns were r...
BUSINESS
Council defends end of broadband business
By Dan Peters | 04 January 2018
Aylesbury Vale DC has defended its decision to sell the assets of its fibre broadband business le...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Councillors shout, bang tables and threaten to sack officers
By Dan Peters | 20 December 2017
‘Stretched’ officers are working in an environment with insufficient corporate capacity at Derby ...
FINANCE
Auditor warning ahead of deadline change
By Dan Peters | 19 December 2017
Auditors have warned against complacency after ‘disappointing’ results showed an increasing numbe...
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- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
Director of Legal and Governance
£109,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Executive Director of Finance
£131,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Associate Director for Financial Management (Deputy Section 151 Officer)
£108,015 - £118,000 pa
Operational leadership that turns strategy into reality. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
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