The government has announced it will set up a single body to oversee the system of auditing English local authority accounts.

Jeffrey Matsu is chief economist at CIPFA. With extensive experience in connecting policy with practice through evidence-based research, he works with partner governments, accountancy bodies and the ...

Chief executive of Norse Group. Wholly owned by Norfolk County Council, Norse’s turnover is over £350m. The company operates local authority partnerships across the UK, providing a wide range of ...

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Finance settlement imposes average 3% cut on English councils 19 Dec 24 ...

This is the 15th in the series of PF Perspectives, produced by CIPFA and Public Finance to stimulate discussion on key public finance and policy issues. These essays by public sector leaders and ...

Conrad Hall is corporate director of resources at the London Borough of Newham.

Mark McLaughlin is non-executive director, audit and risk committee chair at Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust. He was executive director of finance at Northamptonshire County Council between ...

New controls aimed at pruning Whitehall’s consultancy bill by over £1bn should herald a cultural change in how consultants are procured across the public sector, the government has said.

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Joe Fyans is head of research and Callin McLinden is a researcher at Localis ...

Sarah Nickson works in the outsourcing project team at the Institute for Government ...