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WHITEHALL
Lyons urges councils to tackle housing crisis
By Jamie Hailstone | 02 August 2016
A former chair of the Audit Commission has urged local authorities to take centre stage in tackli...
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...
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...
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.
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Council chief to retire
04 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...
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