FINANCE

Bid to relax accountancy codes rejected

By Michael Burton | 07 April 2020

Plans to streamline the preparation of last year’s local authority accounts to reduce the burden ...

FINANCE

Coronavirus cash is not enough to cover costs of crisis

By Heather Jameson | 07 April 2020

The Government is looking at a ‘package of measures’ to financially support councils hit by soari...

FINANCE

Council staff warn fraud is a major risk for local government

By Laura Sharman | 31 March 2020

Two-thirds of local government professionals think fraud is a major risk for councils, a new surv...

FINANCE

Fraud in times of crisis

31 March 2020

As CIPFA publishes research showing local government professionals believe fraud is a major risk,...

FINANCE

Coronavirus fraud warning

By Marie De Vere | 27 March 2020

Finance experts have warned coronavirus could bring an increased risk of fraud.

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY

How critical is the census?

By Chris Mahony | 25 March 2020

With the next census due to take place next year, just how crucial is it to local authorities’ ab...

FINANCE

Make councils account for extreme investments

By Heather Jameson | 19 March 2020

Local government needs a new way to hold councils to account when they are making ‘extreme’ inves...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Finding our levels

By Heather Jameson | 18 March 2020

While austerity could be over 'as a process and a direction', the spending spree may not be quite...

FINANCE

Budget 2020: Public Works Loan Board consultation is welcome

By Rob Whiteman | 13 March 2020

The Chancellor’s announcement of a consultation on revising the terms of borrowing from the Publi...

FINANCE

The rising trend of inter-authority lending

By Andrew Burns | 11 March 2020

With a Treasury review of the Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) underway, Andrew Burns looks at some...

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Legal Services Manager & Deputy Monitoring Officer

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