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WHITEHALL

Five councils to trial social workers scheme

By Dan Peters | 12 July 2018

The new national assessment and accreditation system (NAAS) for child and family social workers i...

FINANCE

Voluntary council tax scheme raises £400k

By Dan Peters | 12 July 2018

Westminster City Council’s scheme to encourage its wealthiest Band H residents to contribute extr...

WHITEHALL

Sunak: Fair funding is my number one task

By Dan Peters | 12 July 2018

Local government minister Rishi Sunak has said fair funding is his ‘number one task’.

FINANCE

LGA under pressure on student council tax

By Dan Peters | 10 July 2018

Councillors have put Smith Square under pressure to lobby the Government to give local authoritie...

FINANCE

Whiteman defends 'traffic light' index

By Dan Peters | 09 July 2018

The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy’s (CIPFA) chief executive has defended ...

BUSINESS

NAO to reinforce external auditing

By Dan Peters | 09 July 2018

The National Audit Office (NAO) is to reinforce the importance of external auditor reporting afte...

BUSINESS

Delays hit Capita contract

By Dan Peters | 06 July 2018

Capita’s provision of human resources (HR) and payroll service to five councils is ‘still not mee...

WHITEHALL

Northamptonshire finance officer who issued Section 114 quits

By Dan Peters | 06 July 2018

Northamptonshire CC’s chief finance officer has handed in his resignation weeks after issuing an ...

WHITEHALL

Cable: Commercial forays utterly bizarre

By Dan Peters | 05 July 2018

The leader of the Lib Dems has said it is ‘utterly bizarre’ that councils are buying up commercia...

WHITEHALL

Forbes calls for new funding approach

By Dan Peters | 05 July 2018

Senior vice-chair of the Local Government Association (LGA), Cllr Nick Forbes, has called for a ‘...

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