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WHITEHALL
Ministers play down commercialisation 'crackdown'
By Dan Peters | 10 January 2019
Ministers have played down the prospect of a widespread crackdown on councils that borrow for com...
AUDIT
Is Government penny wise, pound foolish?
By Rob Whiteman | 09 January 2019
As councils turn more towards commercialism, now is the right time to consider if the public audi...
LONDON COUNCILS
Cracking the code
By Ann McGauran | 08 January 2019
The complexity of the budgetary challenges faced by English councils has raised the alarm within ...
COUNCILLORS
CIPFA expands focus to councillors
By Dan Peters | 07 January 2019
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) is to broaden its support to co...
FINANCE
One in six councils face financial stability risk
By Dan Peters | 20 December 2018
Four councils are spending more than 90% of their net revenue expenditure on social care and inte...
WHITEHALL
Finance settlement: Government floats commercialisation crackdown
By Dan Peters | 13 December 2018
Whitehall is considering a crackdown on councils that excessively borrow for commercial reasons a...
WHITEHALL
Future Forum North: Whiteman rages at removing finance directors from top team
By Dan Peters | 06 December 2018
Council chief executives that demote the finance director role from the top team were being ‘too ...
FINANCE
An independent view of finances is crucial
By Heather Jameson | 04 December 2018
With the final settlement, budget-setting and the Spending Review all on the horizon, an independ...
FINANCE
CIPFA caves in to pressure on traffic light index
By Chris Mahony | 04 December 2018
Controversial plans to rate councils’ financial sustainability using traffic lights have been wat...
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY
Helping take the risk out of ventures
By With Sean Hanson, Chief Executive, Local Partnerships | 03 December 2018
The simple principles of planning, appraising and scrutinising investments in new ventures are ea...
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