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CIPFA index 'must be forward-looking'

By Dan Peters | 19 August 2019

The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) must double down on efforts to ...

Jenrick to check councils' borrowing bids

By Dan Peters | 19 August 2019

New local government secretary Robert Jenrick will take a fresh look at councils excessively borr...

Commissioners urge NAO to monitor auditor powers

By Dan Peters | 19 August 2019

The National Audit Office (NAO) should monitor auditors’ use of additional powers and use this to...

MHCLG security review after knife attack

By Dan Peters | 16 August 2019

Security will be reviewed across the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG...

Treasury renews support for Northern Powerhouse

By Dan Peters | 16 August 2019

The Treasury has renewed support for the Northern Powerhouse project as it makes rebalancing the ...

Councils face more funding uncertainty

By Dan Peters | 14 August 2019

‘Indicative numbers’ for the amount councils will receive in 2020/21 will not be published before...

EXCLUSIVE: Jenrick pledges to improve Brexit communications

By Dan Peters | 13 August 2019

New local government secretary Robert Jenrick has promised to make communication from Whitehall o...

Tourism levy meeting call

By Dan Peters | 13 August 2019

Core Cities has called for a meeting with new culture secretary Nicky Morgan and her ministers to...

Language change for DToC

By Dan Peters | 12 August 2019

The term ‘delayed transfers of care [DToC] beds’ should be scrapped to ‘support a greater focus o...

Local audit at a 'crossroads'

By Dan Peters | 12 August 2019

Local audit is at a ‘crossroads’ and needs to provide ‘better assurance and more impact for the p...