FINANCE

Audit backlog will slow account simplification work

By Dan Peters | 22 May 2023

Changes to simplify council accounts will not be implemented in the short-term due to a lack of c...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

A checklist for new councillors

By John Tizard | 12 May 2023

In the aftermath of the local elections, John Tizard offers advice to new councillors and adminis...

WHITEHALL

Calls for supported housing improvements

By Mark Conrad | 09 May 2023

Senior MPs and Whitehall’s spending watchdog today demanded improved regulation and data on suppo...

SOCIAL CARE

Pondering the 'graph of doom'

By Abdool Kara | 02 May 2023

The NHS cannot be afforded higher than inflationary financial increases year-on-year ad infinitum...

WHITEHALL

Warning against 'knee-jerk reaction' over Oflog plans

By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters and Heather Jameson | 25 April 2023

Local government finance expert Rob Whiteman has urged the sector to ‘not be defensive’ as minist...

NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

Performance: are we learning from history?

By Nathan Elvery | 04 April 2023

Eleven councils have been caught up in intervention or improvement since 2010. Did the Comprehens...

NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

Sustainable action in Bristol

By Philip Whiteman | 04 April 2023

Paul Joyce, Jason Lowther, and Philip Whiteman report on Bristol’s One City Plan and joint ventur...

FINANCE

Harris under pressure to back slashing of audit requirements

By Dan Peters | 27 March 2023

The Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) first director of local audit is facing increasing pressu...

NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

It will be the service user who risks losing the most from delayed audits

By Rob Whiteman | 07 March 2023

As the NAO report concludes, delays in local audit accounts pose a risk to the Whole of Governmen...

NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

Looking at alternatives to competitive funding pots

By Abdool Kara | 07 March 2023

Could the resources invested in failed bids, added to the immense resources needed to assess them...

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frederica-diamanta

Service Director: Public Health (statutory DPH)

up to £123k

Cornwall Council is passionate about Community Wellbeing Apply for this job

Cornwall Council

Executive Director of Customer and Landlord Services

£Competitive

At Salix Homes, we are not just about providing homes, we are about creating communities. Apply for this job

Salix Homes

Director of Finance

Up to £115,000

Be at the heart of shaping the future of the East Midlands. Apply for this job

East Midlands Combined County Authority