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FINANCE
'Real action' call amid £585m budget shortfall
By Mark Conrad | 14 May 2024
Scotland’s councils today demanded a ‘real and meaningful solution’ to the sector’s underfunding ...
FINANCE
Auditors issue warning over member-officer relations at district
By Mark Conrad | 30 April 2024
Teignbridge DC has deployed external support to improve member-officer relations after auditors r...
AUDIT
Local elections: more than just a barometer for Rishi
By Heather Jameson | 23 April 2024
Local elections do swing with national politics, but the full picture is far more nuanced, says H...
AUDIT
Minister rules out Oflog role on audit
By Martin Ford | 23 April 2024
A minister has quashed suggestions oversight of audit should be handed to the Office for Local Go...
FINANCE
Watchdog tells Falkirk to confront 'difficult decisions'
By Martin Ford | 17 April 2024
Falkirk Council faces ‘difficult decisions’ to bridge a budget gap of tens of millions, according...
WHITEHALL
Ministers in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
By Heather Jameson | 16 April 2024
The letter on councils’ productivity, sent by local government minister Simon Hoare this week, bo...
BUSINESS
Struggles continue for scandal-hit council contractor
By Mark Conrad | 16 April 2024
A council contractor previously at the centre of a residential care abuse scandal has continued t...
BUSINESS
Oflog should be handed audit oversight, MPs told
By Mark Conrad | 16 April 2024
The Office for Local Government (Oflog) should be handed oversight of England’s broken audit regi...
FINANCE
Grant Thornton fined over pension audit
By Martin Ford | 08 April 2024
Grant Thornton has been fined by the Financial Reporting Council for ‘failures’ in its audit of a...
WHITEHALL
Hopes for regen scheme revived after Home Office scales back asylum plan
By Mark Conrad | 20 March 2024
A £300m council-led regeneration scheme threatened when Whitehall commandeered the site for asylu...
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