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Lords share doubts over Local Audit Office plans
AUDIT

Lords share doubts over Local Audit Office plans

By Martin Ford | 09 March 2026

Concerns have been raised in the House of Lords over the Government’s plans for a Local Audit Office (LAO).

FINANCE

MPs warn reorganisation may worsen audit crisis

By Martin Ford | 04 March 2026

MPs have warned that local government reorganisation could further undermine efforts to fix deep-...

HOUSING

Lambeth to house more families out of area

By Paul Marinko | 24 November 2025

Lambeth LBC is proposing to house more people further out of the borough as housing pressures in ...

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 ...

DEVOLUTION

Thinking fast and slow on devolution

By Heather Jameson | 14 July 2025

If ministers want their devo dreams to be realised, they need to move fast, says Heather Jameson.

AUDIT

Government announces new audit commitments

By Paul Marinko | 09 April 2025

The Government has today set out a series of commitments aimed at ‘overhauling’ local authority a...

INNOVATION

Innovation: the key

By Abdool Kara | 05 February 2025

Local government is feeling the squeeze. To transform services, it must unlock innovation, writes...

FINANCE

Concern over new audit body

By Martin Ford | 03 February 2025

Ministers have been warned against overreach with the creation of the Local Audit Office (LAO).

PENSIONS

Decoupling the accounts is the way forward

By Cllr Neil Swannick | 21 January 2025

The Government’s proposal to publish and audit the accounts of the Local Government Pension Funds...

FINANCE

Rebuilding trust: why local audit reforms can't wait

By Iain Murray | 18 December 2024

Rebuilding the audit system is a key component in resolving local government’s funding crisis, wr...

LOCAL AUDIT

The recovery of local audit: the hard bit is to come

By Mark Stocks | 16 December 2024

Mark Stocks sets out how local assurance needs to be rebuilt to make recovery a reality.

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