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Audit costs rise by 238%, research reveals
FINANCE

Audit costs rise by 238%, research reveals

By Izzy Lepone | 19 August 2025

Audit reform ambitions have ‘failed’, creating ‘market chaos’, researchers from the University of Sheffield have argued.

FINANCE

CIPFA's Mapley: Merger with ICAEW will 'strengthen collective voice'

By Dan Peters | 31 July 2025

The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) and the Institute of Chartered ...

POLICY

Peers pass fire and hire exemption

By Heather Jameson | 22 July 2025

Councils with financial problems that are placed under government intervention may be exempt from...

WALES

Lessons in lockstep

By Paul Marinko | 17 July 2025

Jayne Bryant talks to Paul Marinko about how Wales’ national government has worked hard to protec...

FINANCE

CCN: Tourist tax would raise more than £200m

By Neil Merrick | 16 July 2025

County councils in England could potentially raise more than £200m each year by levying a £2 per ...

COHESION

Councils fear riots repeat

By Neil Merrick | 15 July 2025

Councils fear a repeat of last summer’s riots without ‘significant government investment in commu...

SOCIAL CARE

WLGA defends councils over Covid funds

By Martin Ford | 10 July 2025

The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) has defended the role of councils in distributing s...

PAY

Employers urged to better 3.2% pay offer

By Dan Peters | 04 July 2025

Trade unions Unison, GMB and Unite have written to local government employers urging them to bett...

PAY

Unite members reject pay offer

By Dan Peters | 24 June 2025

Council workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland who are members of union Unite have overwh...

WALES

First Minister: Welsh central/local relationship 'envied' by England

By Paul Marinko | 19 June 2025

Wales’ First Minister has said England looks on ‘with envy’ at Cardiff’s relationship with counci...

LEISURE

Commission calls for statutory play duty

By Dan Peters | 12 June 2025

The Government should introduce a statutory duty for English local authorities that would require...

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