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FINANCE

EFS: A symptom of a system under strain

By Phil Rook | 06 August 2026

Local government needs a funding framework that supports statutory services sustainably rather than relying on one-off borrowing to meet ongoing pressures, writes president of the Society of County...

IMPROVEMENT

Council urged to take immediate steps to cut costs

By Neil Merrick | 23 June 2026

A council has been warned it must take immediate steps to cut costs, including ‘reshaping’ its wo...

FINANCE

Fifty years on: Lessons from the Layfield report on local council funding

By Owen Mapley | 29 April 2026

Half a century from the Layfield Report on local government finance, many of the issues it raised...

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY

CIPFA warning over profit capping reforms

By Dan Peters | 23 February 2026

Financial oversight and profit capping reforms to the children’s residential care market may fail...

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...

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...