Adele Taylor says this point of the year is fascinating for local government chief financial officers 'as we can see emerging patterns not just locally, but regionally and nationally too, now that both the draft statement of accounts and outturn reports have been published'.
There is a lot of change happening at the moment whether it be a new Prime Minister, decisions around new local government structures or wider public service reform.
It can be tempting as a chief financial officer to focus on the bigger picture and thinking through all the what if scenarios of the immediate and longer-term change that is coming.
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