Governance

By Heather Jameson | 12 February 2020

Heather Jameson examines the findings of a round table featuring local government lawyers hosted ...

FINANCE

CIPFA proposals to 'revolutionise financial reporting'

By Paul Marinko | 09 October 2019

The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) has floated the idea of scaling...

DIGITAL

Making digital partnerships work

By Melvyn Ingleson | 04 June 2019

Melvyn Ingleson says that while the expertise of technology companies is genuine, there is an opp...

FINANCE

Scottish councils need more power - think-tank

By Hiba Mahamadi | 28 May 2019

Scottish local government needs a ‘renewal,’ a think tank has urged, with directly elected mayors...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

NAO: Government must do more to ensure LEP value for money

By Hiba Mahamadi | 07 May 2019

The Government has been reprimanded for not doing enough to ensure billions of pounds given to lo...

BUSINESS

Local authority business provision 'lacks transparency' - MSPs

By William Eichler | 20 February 2019

Scottish MSPs have criticised a local authority scheme that aims to help businesses grow for lack...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Keeping up standards

By Michael Burton | 30 January 2019

As councils become increasingly commercial, auditors are asking how high standards of governance ...

FoI should be extended to providers

By Michael Burton | 30 January 2019

The Information Commissioner believes contractors providing services to the public sector should ...

SCRUTINY

More scrutiny in local government?

By Benoit Guerin | 19 December 2018

Benoit Guerin explains why Government should review the case for setting up local Public Accounts...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Brokenshire in shared prosperity fund threat

By Dan Peters | 15 November 2018

Communities secretary James Brokenshire has threatened to withhold the shared prosperity fund (SP...

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