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What CIPFA's Financial Resilience Index reveals about risk and reform
FINANCE

What CIPFA's Financial Resilience Index reveals about risk and reform

By Florence Bastos | 20 January 2026

CIPFA and Infoshare+’s Financial Resilience Index shows that better planning horizons will not be enough on their own to bring back long-term financial sustainability to councils, says Florence Bas...

FINANCE

Prevention, people and the future of public services in Wales

By Joanne Pitt | 05 December 2025

The idea of prevention being both necessary and achievable became a thread that ran through the ...

PREVENTION

For the first time, prevention can be mapped and measured

By Iain Murray | 24 November 2025

By mapping spend, finance and service teams can build a shared understanding of what prevention l...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Fresh finance officer warning

By Dan Peters | 12 November 2025

The recruitment crisis for under-pressure section 151 officers is destined to get worse, a local ...

PREVENTION

The true value of prevention

By Zachary Scott | 10 November 2025

A project that makes investment in prevention visible in financial terms shows that clarity on wh...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA: Costs pushing many to financial brink

By Dan Peters | 17 October 2025

Emergency government bailout agreements for councils are at risk of becoming ‘normalised’ as cost...

FINANCE

Transformation is not a one-off project

By Iain Murray | 10 October 2025

Convenient temporary financial fixes may keep authorities afloat, but do not build the foundation...

FINANCE

Councils can't wait for reform

By Joanne Pitt | 22 September 2025

Drawing on assurance work by CIPFA, Joanne Pitt sets out the challenges driving the growing relia...

FINANCE

Common failures among EFS recipients uncovered

By Martin Ford | 22 September 2025

The most common failings plunging councils into financial crisis have been laid out in analysis p...

FINANCE

Council finances at a crossroads

By Owen Mapley | 18 September 2025

Owen Mapley looks at the progress made with local government finances since Keir Starmer’s party ...

FINANCE

CIPFA's Mapley: Merger with ICAEW will 'strengthen collective voice'

By Dan Peters | 31 July 2025

The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) and the Institute of Chartered ...

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Housing Ombudsman

£130,095 per annum, negotiable based on experience.

The Housing Ombudsman Service allows colleagues to choose if they wish to work in the London office, from home or a hybrid of the two Apply for this job

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We’re seeking an energetic, innovative, and inspirational leader to join our team at Powys County Council Apply for this job

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