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AUDIT
Scottish councils lose more than £120m due to 'weak' financial controls
By William Eichler | 11 April 2019
Systems to prevent public money being lost to mistakes and fraud in local government ‘may be unde...
BUSINESS
Council property firm records losses
By Naomi Larsson | 10 April 2019
The property company run by Barking & Dagenham LBC has reported losses of almost £4m in its first...
BUSINESS
Council should 'build on lessons learned' after critical review
By Dan Peters | 21 March 2019
King’s Lynn & West Norfolk BC should ‘build on the lessons learned’ from the construction of a st...
FINANCE
Watchdog calls for 'transformational changes'
By Dan Peters | 21 March 2019
‘More fundamental, transformational changes are needed in service provision’ by Scottish councils...
FINANCE
May defends 'record' SEND funding
By Martin Ford | 25 February 2019
Theresa May has defended her Government’s funding of special educational needs and disability (SE...
NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
Public audit will soon need a spring clean
By David Walker | 19 February 2019
John Tizard and David Walker make the case for a new way of auditing how public money is spent th...
PLANNING
Planning system 'underperforming'
By William Eichler | 08 February 2019
The Government’s planning system is ‘underperforming’ and struggling to deliver on its aim of bui...
FINANCE
NHS sustainability 'very difficult' without a long-term social care settlement
By Abdool Kara | 06 February 2019
A series of significant National Audit Office reports on local services have emerged so far this ...
FINANCE
Northampton undervalued housing stock by £86m
By Martin Ford | 31 January 2019
Northampton BC undervalued its housing stock by £86.7m, contributing to a delay of more than a ye...
BUSINESS
Big audit firms may quit market
By Dan Peters | 23 January 2019
Larger audit firms may quit the local government market in the long-term, an independent review h...
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