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FINANCE
CIPFA to consult on financial management codes
By Martin Ford | 29 April 2026
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) is to consult on the rules governing financial management.
POLICY AND POLITICS
Denham criticises Pride in Place
By Dan Peters | 29 April 2026
A former local government secretary under the last Labour Government has criticised the party’s f...
FINANCE
Fifty years on: Lessons from the Layfield report on local council funding
By Owen Mapley | 29 April 2026
Half a century from the Layfield Report on local government finance, many of the issues it raised...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Reform council refuses to name recipient of £455k exit pay-out
By Joe Lepper | 28 April 2026
Reform UK-led Staffordshire CC has remained tight-lipped around the reason for a record £457,000 ...
FINANCE
How councils are using crowdfunding to match-fund repair and reuse projects
By Frank Kibble | 27 April 2026
Frank Kibble looks at how councils can co-fund and support the repair and reuse revolution.
POLICY AND POLITICS
Mayor sidesteps calls for London exploitation board
By Dan Peters | 23 April 2026
London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has refused to say whether he backs an exploitation board that would ...
FINANCE
Restoring the third pillar of local authority finance: citizen investment
By Karl Harder | 23 April 2026
Karl Harder looks at the benefits of citizen investing.
FINANCE
MPs launch fiscal devolution inquiry
By Martin Ford | 22 April 2026
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Local Government has announced an inquiry into fiscal...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Solace urges Better Care Fund rethink
By Dan Peters | 22 April 2026
Council chief executives have called for an urgent rethink of how funds like the Better Care Fund...
FINANCE
Is income tax assignment a step change in English devolution?
By Mark Sandford | 22 April 2026
Kevin Muldoon-Smith and Mark Sandford say assigning a share of income tax locally could strengthe...
POLICY AND POLITICS
MPs call for 'effective sanctions' on B&B use councils
By Joe Lepper | 22 April 2026
Councils that repeatedly fail to end the use of bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation for familie...
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