FINANCE

Let's not paper over the cracks

By Nathan Elvery | 14 July 2020

Nathan Elvery examines the impact of spending cuts on councils and communities over a decade and ...

FINANCE

Cost of Universal Credit set to soar, says watchdog

By Michael Burton | 10 July 2020

The cost of running Universal Credit is likely to be more expensive than the systems it replaces,...

FINANCE

The care home sector 'entered the pandemic on the back foot'

By Rob Whiteman | 24 June 2020

The suggestion that a 'protective ring' was cast around care homes is difficult to swallow, write...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Making a bigger impact on value for money

By Dan Peters | 23 June 2020

COVID-19 may have had an impact on the work programme, but boss of the National Audit Office Gare...

WHITEHALL

Fresh reorganisation offensive leaves districts quaking

By Dan Peters | 23 June 2020

The County Councils’ Network (CCN) has launched a fresh offensive to rip up the local government ...

WHITEHALL

Government's national approach criticised by top auditor

By Dan Peters | 23 June 2020

A top auditor has heavily criticised the Government’s ‘national approach’ to the coronavirus resp...

HEALTH

Health chiefs deny care home 'recklessness'

By Heather Jameson | 23 June 2020

Health chiefs have rejected allegations that discharging elderly NHS patients into care homes at ...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Building on the vital relationship between health and care

By Cllr James Jamieson | 17 June 2020

The annual ADASS budget survey show the serious impact coronavirus has had, says Cllr James Jami...

NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

Managing the smooth expiry of PFI contracts

By Rosie Pearson | 12 June 2020

Rosie Pearson says the end of a PFI contract may seem a long way off, but contract expiry should ...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Infrastructure could be left in a worse condition when PFI ends, watchdog warns

By Laura Sharman | 05 June 2020

Many local authorities have underestimated the time, resources and complexity involved in managin...

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Legal Services Manager & Deputy Monitoring Officer

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