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BUSINESS

£2m Capita repayment after 'fraud'

By Mark Conrad | 10 July 2018

Contractor Capita has been forced to repay £2m to Barnet LBC following an alleged fraud by an ex-...

BUSINESS

NAO to reinforce external auditing

By Dan Peters | 09 July 2018

The National Audit Office (NAO) is to reinforce the importance of external auditor reporting afte...

BUSINESS

Delays hit Capita contract

By Dan Peters | 06 July 2018

Capita’s provision of human resources (HR) and payroll service to five councils is ‘still not mee...

WHITEHALL

Northamptonshire finance officer who issued Section 114 quits

By Dan Peters | 06 July 2018

Northamptonshire CC’s chief finance officer has handed in his resignation weeks after issuing an ...

WHITEHALL

Brokenshire pushed on Brexit

By Mark Conrad | 05 July 2018

Local government has presented communities secretary James Brokenshire with a list of Brexit-rela...

BUSINESS

New indemnity mutual: We have learnt from LAML

By Dan Peters | 04 July 2018

The advisers behind the Local Government Association’s (LGA) new indemnity mutual insist they hav...

BUSINESS

Changes after council fraud probe

By Mark Conrad | 02 July 2018

Barnet LBC lawyers will present evidence at the trial of a former joint venture employee accused ...

BUSINESS

Barnet to review outsourcing partnership with Capita

By Laura Sharman | 29 June 2018

Barnet LBC is considering taking seven services back in-house, under a review of its outsourcing ...

BUSINESS

London to get half of £1bn extra housing borrowing

By Dan Peters | 26 June 2018

Councils in London will benefit from half of the additional housing borrowing flexibilities despi...

FINANCE

Commercialisation risk warning

By Mark Conrad | 25 June 2018

Less than half of public sector professionals – including council staff – feel they have sufficie...