FINANCE

Select committee report to consider accountability weaknesses

By Dan Peters | 31 July 2023

Weaknesses of the current system of accountability available to local authorities will be conside...

WHITEHALL

Housing and infrastructure in doubt after funding pulled

By Martin Ford | 17 July 2023

New housing, roads, public transport, green spaces, schools and jobs have been plunged into doubt...

PLANNING

Housebuilding at risk from planning reforms

By Martin Ford | 14 July 2023

Dropping local housing targets is endangering the Government’s commitment to build 300,000 homes ...

FINANCE

Warning audit crisis could get worse

By Martin Ford | 11 July 2023

Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee chair Clive Betts spoke to The MJ as it carries o...

ELECTIONS

Warning sounded over General Election

By Martin Ford | 03 July 2023

Elections experts were united in warning of a struggle to run future polls as they faced question...

FINANCE

Sector tells MPs 'we need your help' on audit

By Martin Ford | 27 June 2023

A plea has been made to MPs to ‘give the sector a break’ to allow it to get on top of its audit ‘...

BUSINESS

Accountancy body calls for chiefs to present financial results

By Dan Peters | 26 June 2023

Chief executives and section 151 officers should be required to present their council’s financial...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Carbon neutrality 'not a top priority' in housing

By Martin Ford | 20 June 2023

A lack of funding certainty and competing concerns have meant the issue is ‘not getting the atten...

WHITEHALL

Call for Government to scrap Levelling Up Fund bidding

By Dan Peters | 12 June 2023

Councils have called for the remaining £1bn in the Levelling Up Fund to be ‘allocated on the basi...

FINANCE

Auditors should push ahead with accounts sign off, says NAO head

By Martin Ford | 06 June 2023

‘Unpalatable but necessary options’ should be considered to clear the local audit backlog, the he...

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Legal Services Manager & Deputy Monitoring Officer

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