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COUNCILLORS
South Ribble chief executive resigns
By Dan Peters | 17 June 2020
South Ribble BC’s chief executive has resigned after a year on ‘special leave’.
WHITEHALL
Fresh league table fears
By Dan Peters | 16 June 2020
The prospect of council performance being ranked in a league table has been raised again this week.
FINANCE
Watchdog urges faster improvement at Argyll and Bute
By Martin Ford | 21 May 2020
The council has been told it must ‘significantly increase’ the pace of improvement by the Account...
BUSINESS
Grant Thornton most likely to suggest extra audit fees, survey finds
By Dan Peters | 07 May 2020
Grant Thornton is the firm most likely to have proposed an additional audit fee, a survey of fina...
BUSINESS
Audit scale fees frozen
By Dan Peters | 20 April 2020
Audit scale fees for 2020/21 have been frozen though there could still be rises for individual co...
BUSINESS
KPMG criticised for rejecting Northamptonshire public interest report pressure
By Dan Peters | 02 April 2020
Northamptonshire CC’s commissioners have criticised the council’s former auditors for deciding no...
FINANCE
Make councils account for extreme investments
By Heather Jameson | 19 March 2020
Local government needs a new way to hold councils to account when they are making ‘extreme’ inves...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Jenrick urges councils not to delay on coronavirus spending
By Dan Peters | 17 March 2020
Local government secretary Robert Jenrick this week urged council leaders not to put off decision...
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
Local government audit deadline extended
By Martin Ford | 17 March 2020
The deadline for local government financial audits has been pushed back by two months.
FINANCE
Interactive map to be created for council audits
By Dan Peters | 13 March 2020
The National Audit Office (NAO) is working on creating an interactive map helping members of the ...
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