The Government's reset and recovery strategy, along with associated backlog dates, have helped get audit onto a firmer footing, albeit with the cost of more limited assurance for many, says Rob Pow...
Reform UK has doubled down on its description of council officers as a ‘blob’ at the Local Govern...
Requests for data by Reform UK’s DOGE unit are a ‘cyber-security disaster waiting to happen’, sha...
The head of Reform UK’s team tasked with scrutinising council finances has stepped down alongside...
Jo Armstrong of the Accounts Commission talks to Ann McGauran about why councils north of the bor...
A team of auditors led by a UK ‘tech entrepreneur’ will be tasked with reviewing the finances of ...
Progress towards highly effective financial management capability at Nottingham City Council has ...
Audit, government and scrutiny must be reformed and renewed alongside reorganisation or the risk ...
Angela Rayner has dropped government plans for a statutory inquiry that would have investigated L...
The Government has today set out a series of commitments aimed at ‘overhauling’ local authority a...
Auditors are assessing an objection to Thanet DC’s accounts after an ex-councillor said they shou...
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