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FINANCE
In praise of a useful financial firebreak
By Iain Murray | 29 January 2024
A section s114 notice does not provide a ready-made solution to councils’ funding problems, but i...
AUDIT
Providing piecemeal offerings fails to fix the underlying causes
23 January 2024
'As the public sector purse becomes tighter at a time when demand outstrips supply, a longer-term...
FINANCE
Lyons: Where are we now?
By Michael Burton | 23 January 2024
The Lyons review of local government was published 17 years ago. If the inquiry recommendations h...
FINANCE
Call for MPs' help over 'inadequate' settlement
By Martin Ford | 18 December 2023
Councils are to turn to MPs to make the case to the Government following the announcement of an ‘...
FINANCE
Gove announces finance settlement
By Mark Conrad | 18 December 2023
Michael Gove today announced England’s provisional local government finance settlement for 2024-2...
FINANCE
How bad does it have to get?
By John Sellgren | 11 December 2023
The current situation of financial failure shows just how pressing the case for reform of local g...
FINANCE
How can further local authority failures be prevented?
By Paul Dossett | 06 December 2023
There is evidence in a new report from Grant Thornton that in each case of serious local governme...
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY
Autumn Statement: public services bear brunt of tight spending plans
By Jeff Matsu | 24 November 2023
Jeff Matsu fears the Autumn Statement paints a picture of a chancellor trading up investment in p...
FINANCE
Fundamental reform of council funding will require a cross-party initiative
By Rob Whiteman | 21 November 2023
If the next Government sticks to current commitments, performance in services will deteriorate fu...
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY
Peer reviews: The heat is on
20 November 2023
Is corporate peer review a robust enough way to predict the risks of a future section 114 or is i...
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