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Auditors poised to qualify accounts over SEND

By Dan Peters | 24 September 2020

Auditors are poised to qualify some value for money opinions as a result of spiralling special ed...

Future Forum: Business rates retention is doomed

By Dan Peters | 24 September 2020

Moves to fund local government using the proceeds from business rates are ‘doomed,’ according to ...

County unitaries join growing network

By Dan Peters | 22 September 2020

Two county unitaries are among five local authorities that have joined the growing Unitary Counci...

Spending Review will 'fail to offer long-term view' for sector

By Dan Peters | 22 September 2020

This year’s Spending Review will fail to offer a long-term view for local government, The MJ unde...

EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall draws up early warning system

By Dan Peters | 22 September 2020

The Government is plotting to create an early warning system alerting Whitehall to councils that ...

Grenfell council calls for homeless help

By Dan Peters | 21 September 2020

A small London council has called for other boroughs to help house its homeless.

New oversight body 'dead in the water' without legislation

By Dan Peters | 21 September 2020

Sir Tony Redmond’s proposals for a new audit oversight body are ‘dead in the water’ unless the Go...

Council leaders told to start preparing for self-isolation support scheme

By Dan Peters | 21 September 2020

English council leaders have been asked to start preparing to implement financial support for peo...

Croydon would have issued s114 'in normal circumstances'

By Dan Peters | 17 September 2020

Croydon LBC’s £49m total net forecast general fund overspend means it would have had to have issu...

'Rising star' to get new chief executive position

By Dan Peters | 16 September 2020

Cotswold DC is expected to appoint ‘a rising star in local government’ as it brings back its chie...