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ECONOMIC GROWTH
Auditors in levelling up warning
By Mark Conrad | 31 January 2022
The Government’s levelling up plans could be undermined by Whitehall failure to monitor what work...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: NAO to consider early intervention report
By Dan Peters | 24 January 2022
The National Audit Office (NAO) is to consider a report on early intervention and prevention afte...
NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
A late-notice, short-term and partial settlement poses problems
By Abdool Kara | 18 January 2022
There may be a clue about why the sector only has a one-year settlement in the lack of announceme...
NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
Tackling our next big governance challenge
By Ed Hammond | 11 January 2022
As the changes that need to be made to local services become more profound, we must involve a wid...
NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
Local audit's perfect storm
By Naomi Larsson | 08 December 2021
The chair of the Public Accounts Committee has suggested the volume of late audits means Whitehal...
NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
ALATS can aim to cultivate an environment supportive of finance chiefs
By Tony Kirkham | 17 November 2021
Tony Kirkham has taken up the reins as the new president of the Association of Local Authority Tr...
COUNCIL TAX
Authorities under pressure
By Ann McGauran | 17 November 2021
Fears about councils’ financial sustainability remain in the wake of the Spending Review, includi...
LEGAL
CIPFA blocks publication of failed project review
By Dan Peters | 25 October 2021
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) has refused to publish a report...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
Government needs to better clarify the responsibility of councils in net-zero
By Nicola Beach | 14 September 2021
A report from the County Councils' Network finds that a city-centric focus to climate funding and...
NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
Data shows the difference
By Abdool Kara | 06 September 2021
Despite all the legislation and guidance, there is still endless variation in local government, s...
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