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BUSINESS
Investigator says 'heads must roll' after Croydon collapse
By Dan Peters | 24 February 2023
An independent report into the reasons for the financial collapse of Croydon LBC that has finally...
WHITEHALL
CIPFA to 'look again' at select committee's report
By Dan Peters | 20 February 2023
Local government finance experts will ‘look again’ at a six-year-old report by MPs on improving t...
FINANCE
Penna View
By Mizan Rouf | 15 February 2023
There has never been a more demanding time to work in a senior leadership role in local governmen...
SOLACE
Filling in the failure gap
By Heather Jameson | 25 January 2023
Max Caller has been investigating council failures since the 1990s. Heather Jameson talks to him ...
HEALTH
The £250m for winter pressures will not alleviate the underlying cause
By Rob Whiteman | 25 January 2023
A longer-term strategic style of service delivery must emerge as a platform for reform of health ...
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY
A question of reserves
By Martin Ford | 24 January 2023
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ desire for more data on councils’ level...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Councils are scrapping around for a meagre cash pot
By Heather Jameson | 19 January 2023
The headlines home in on Levelling Up Fund inequities but ultimately councils are fighting for a ...
SOLACE
So many failures looks like carelessness, as Oscar Wilde almost said
By Abdool Kara | 10 January 2023
Some combination of senior councillors and officers is at fault when it comes to council failures...
FINANCE
A review of funding is essential
By Patrick Melia | 10 January 2023
The repeatedly late publication of the provisional local government finance settlement is deeply ...
FINANCE
Highlighting possible exposure to risk
By Joanne Pitt | 20 December 2022
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy's 2022 resilience index shows local aut...
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