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WHITEHALL
Worsening audit backlog revealed
By Dan Peters | 08 December 2022
Councils are making decisions, managing multiple financial challenges and planning for the future...
PEOPLE
EXCLUSIVE: Former audit head lined up for new watchdog
By Heather Jameson | 08 December 2022
A former head of the National Audit Office (NAO) is to chair the new local government watchdog.
WHITEHALL
Future Forum North: Whitehall intervenes 'far too late'
By Dan Peters | 01 December 2022
The self-described ‘poster child of Best Value intervention’ has said Whitehall always wades into...
FINANCE
Spelthorne investments 'unlawful'
By Martin Ford | 01 December 2022
Property purchases worth £229m made by Spelthorne BC may have been unlawful, its external auditor...
AUDIT
Welsh councils urged to engage more with social enterprises
By William Eichler | 01 December 2022
Local authorities in Wales should do more to ‘maximise the impact’ of social enterprises in their...
FINANCE
New CIPFA group to look at streamlining accounts
By Dan Peters | 28 November 2022
A dedicated group will be formed to provide advice to councils on how to streamline the informati...
FINANCE
Auditor hands statutory recommendations to two councils
By Martin Ford | 04 November 2022
Two councils have been issued with rare statutory recommendations by their external auditor.
FINANCE
Auditor calls for 'systemic change' amid rising poverty
By Mark Conrad | 31 October 2022
‘Systemic change’ is needed to tackle rising poverty in Wales, Audit Wales has warned.
FINANCE
'Urgent action' required by auditors to improve
By Martin Ford | 28 October 2022
The finance watchdog has said the number of local government audits requiring significant improve...
FINANCE
Council faces 'nuclear option', auditor warns
By Martin Ford | 28 October 2022
The threat of a statutory recommendation is hanging over Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP...
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£150,892 plus car allowance (£8,153-£10,192)
At Alternative Futures Group, we believe quality is not measured by processes alone. It is measured by the difference we make to people's lives. Apply for this job
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