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

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

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

Nottingham City Council operates “significantly beyond its means” and is currently “far from sustainable” six months after government-appointed commissioners were sent into the troubled authority.

Nottingham City Council operates “significantly beyond its means” and is currently “far from sustainable” six months after government-appointed commissioners were sent into the troubled authority.

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‘Place’ is everywhere at the moment, but how can the public sector use it to drive decisions that will benefit their communities?

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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.

A major shake-up of council funding that would shift resources to areas of higher deprivation has been set out as part of a wide-ranging package of reforms.

Funding for councils in the Budget will go “very little” way to solving the crisis in social care, the County Councils Network has warned.