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AUDIT
Audit reset requires 'different attitude'
By Martin Ford | 02 July 2024
A ‘whole different attitude’ to local audit is required to rescue the system from crisis, the Pub...
FINANCE
Moody's withdraws Warrington's credit rating
By Paul Marinko | 17 June 2024
Heavily indebted Warrington BC has had its credit rating withdrawn by Moody’s due to the lack of ...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Gove silent after LGA letter on Oflog
By Dan Peters | 04 June 2024
Local Government Association (LGA) leaders have failed to receive a reply from communities secret...
WHITEHALL
Auditors add to council biometric warnings
By Mark Conrad | 20 May 2024
A spending watchdog has echoed councils’ concerns that biometric entry requirements at UK ports c...
FINANCE
Auditor issues qualified opinion on Stoke-on-Trent accounts
By Martin Ford | 15 May 2024
Concerns over finances and children’s services have resulted in auditors issuing a qualified opin...
FINANCE
Could the beating stick be used to point out councils' efficiencies?
By Heather Jameson | 15 May 2024
While local government focuses on the stick used to beat it, where is the carrot?, asks Heather J...
FINANCE
'Real action' call amid £585m budget shortfall
By Mark Conrad | 14 May 2024
Scotland’s councils today demanded a ‘real and meaningful solution’ to the sector’s underfunding ...
FINANCE
Auditors issue warning over member-officer relations at district
By Mark Conrad | 30 April 2024
Teignbridge DC has deployed external support to improve member-officer relations after auditors r...
AUDIT
Local elections: more than just a barometer for Rishi
By Heather Jameson | 23 April 2024
Local elections do swing with national politics, but the full picture is far more nuanced, says H...
AUDIT
Minister rules out Oflog role on audit
By Martin Ford | 23 April 2024
A minister has quashed suggestions oversight of audit should be handed to the Office for Local Go...
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