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IMPROVEMENT
Intervention shift signalled with plans to boost watchdog
By By Heather Jameson | 18 July 2024
The new Government is to change its tone on local government intervention – with a possible push ...
FINANCE
'Nothing should be off the table' – CIPFA chief
By Heather Jameson | 18 July 2024
Abandoned Conservative policies for fixing local government finance should remain on the table, t...
AUDIT
Rise in sustainability and governance weaknesses
By Martin Ford | 12 July 2024
Weaknesses in councils’ financial sustainability and governance are increasing, according to evid...
FINANCE
Mapley calls for innovative solutions to audit
By Heather Jameson | 12 July 2024
Nothing is off the table when it comes to fixing the audit system, the new chief executive of the...
LABOUR PARTY
Forging ahead with optimism
By Ann McGauran | 04 July 2024
Labour’s Dame Meg Hillier talks to Ann McGauran about doing slow politics, the ‘big nasties’ any ...
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Heavily indebted Warrington BC has had its credit rating withdrawn by Moody’s due to the lack of ...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...
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Lead governance, integrity and legal excellence in Rushcliffe. Apply for this job
Service Director – Adult Social Care
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Service Director – Transformation, Improvement & Quality Assurance
£93,804 – £109,223
Reading is changing Apply for this job
- LGA's first chair Lord Beecham dies
- LGR creates major challenges for the corporate services that many have reduced and pared back for years
- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
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- Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent
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