Tim Willis

  • The truth will set you free

    19 January 2022

    Tim Willis says his hope is that at least most of the time we can stop being prisoners of the truth, and instead own it. ‘We all have to do better’, he adds.


  • Ready, steady, CFO!

    17 June 2020

    Tim Willis outlines the new challenges COVID-19 has inflicted on his council, including estimated losses of ‘nearly a third of our £17m net revenue expenditure’. Government needs to fund the shortfall, he says.


  • A funding system that’s had its time

    15 August 2018

    Are business rates a dinosaur tax? Tim Willis explores the pros and cons of the current business rates system for local authorities and calls for innovative new solutions.