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FINANCE
Time for a 'grown-up' chat about audit
By Chris Buss | 09 January 2020
Serious questions have been raised about the level of failure to complete council audits just one...
HOUSING
Kirklees favours bringing thousands of council properties back in-house
By Ann McGauran | 18 December 2019
Kirklees MBC is favouring the option of returning thousands of council homes to the management of...
SCRUTINY
Scrutiny is still the 'poor relation' in councils
03 December 2019
A survey has revealed scrutiny remains a poor relation to the executive function in local governm...
WHITEHALL
Think tanks to produce 'toolkit' to improve governance
By Chris Mahony | 07 October 2019
A project part-funded by Whitehall and the Local Government Association aims to produce ‘practica...
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
What is the future for audit?
By Paul Dossett | 01 October 2019
Paul Dossett puts the case for a new type of oversight body for local audit that would take a str...
COUNCILLORS
Solace preview: Evolving our approach to ethics and standards
By Jacqui McKinlay | 18 September 2019
Local government is well-placed to lead the way in evolving and supporting ethical standards to k...
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
Mastering the art of commercial destiny
By Eric Bohl | 20 August 2019
Solace has been considering how councils should best participate in the market. Eric Bohl reports...
FINANCE
Council to change finance approach after review
By Paul Marinko | 07 August 2019
Warrington BC has ‘consistently overspent’ against parts of its budget and needs to change its ap...
FINANCE
Standards bearer
By Heather Jameson | 17 July 2019
As communities secretary James Brokenshire launched a review of the local government audit regime...
FINANCE
Bringing new members up to speed on funding
By Ann McGauran | 09 July 2019
England’s new cadre of councillors need to navigate a perfect storm of financial challenges. How ...
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- 'Widespread lack of understanding' to blame for key worker oversight
- Councils record mixed rough sleeping picture
- Leadership in local government is rarely about having full control
- Reorganisation is an opportunity to switch to a more preventative system
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