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EXCLUSIVE: Cleverly calls for transparency boost
POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Cleverly calls for transparency boost

By Dan Peters | 11 June 2026

Shadow local government secretary James Cleverly has called for measures that would strengthen the sector’s ‘accountability and transparency to the press and public’.

FINANCE

Report finds 'optimism bias' in council projections

By Neil Merrick | 30 March 2026

Brighton and Hove city councillors were guilty of ‘optimism bias’ in forecasting the popularity o...

AUDIT

Lords share doubts over Local Audit Office plans

By Martin Ford | 09 March 2026

Concerns have been raised in the House of Lords over the Government’s plans for a Local Audit Off...

FINANCE

Fresh finance structure for Gloucester after auditor intervention

By Dan Peters | 05 March 2026

Gloucester City Council has proposed a fresh structure for an expanded finance team after its ext...

FINANCE

Say no to new burdens or face apocalypse

By Heather Jameson | 04 March 2026

Local government will need to prove to the public that there is no more waste, says Heather James...

FINANCE

MPs warn reorganisation may worsen audit crisis

By Martin Ford | 04 March 2026

MPs have warned that local government reorganisation could further undermine efforts to fix deep-...

REORGANISATION

LGR's four phases of financial alignment

By Emily Douglin | 25 February 2026

Emily Douglin looks at the key considerations when combining local government financial systems.

REORGANISATION

Delivering a new culture in a merged council

By Heather Jameson | 25 February 2026

Heather Jameson talks to Adrianna Partridge about the challenges of taking on the top job at loca...

AUDIT

Auditors uncover 'significant weaknesses' at Wirral

By Joe Lepper | 17 February 2026

Wirral Council needs to ‘urgently’ tackle ‘significant weaknesses’ in its finances, governance an...

FINANCE

Councils' unaudited accounts remain 'a cautionary tale', NAO chief will say

By Ann McGauran | 10 February 2026

Backlogs of unaudited accounts mean English local government ‘remains a cautionary tale’, the hea...

FINANCE

MHCLG faces delays in resolving local audit crisis

By Martin Ford | 09 January 2026

Resolving the crisis in local audit is taking longer than expected, the Ministry for Housing, Com...

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