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NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
A late-notice, short-term and partial settlement poses problems
By Abdool Kara | 18 January 2022
There may be a clue about why the sector only has a one-year settlement in the lack of announceme...
NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
Local audit's perfect storm
By Naomi Larsson | 08 December 2021
The chair of the Public Accounts Committee has suggested the volume of late audits means Whitehal...
WHITEHALL
Powers warning ahead of new deals
By Chris Mahony | 07 December 2021
A new report today warns areas reluctant to accept directly-elected leaders in the next wave of d...
FINANCE
Government can't keep 'flying blind' on council finances
By Heather Jameson | 01 December 2021
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is 'licking its fingers and sticking the...
WHITEHALL
Government hauls in auditors after 'flying blind' accusation
By Mark Conrad | 30 November 2021
Ministers have today convened an emergency meeting with local government audit firms amid fears W...
WHITEHALL
Government launches MRP crackdown
By Mark Conrad | 30 November 2021
Councils will be prevented from using capital receipts to replace minimum revenue provision (MRP)...
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
Call for clarity in homeless support
By Martin Ford | 02 November 2021
Whitehall mandarins have been confronted over councils’ frustration in supporting homeless people...
FINANCE
Top mandarin admits state of audit 'deeply concerning'
By Martin Ford | 02 November 2021
Permanent secretary Jeremy Pocklington said there was no ‘magic bullet’ to rectify the sector's i...
HEALTH
MPs say Test and Trace was expensive failure
By Ann McGauran | 27 October 2021
The NHS Test and Trace (NHST&T) was an expensive flop that relied too much on consultants and did...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Government admits Everyone In data gap
By Dan Peters | 11 October 2021
The Government has admitted it has no idea how many rough sleepers housed under Everyone In have ...
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Early Years Advisor
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