Calum Rutter

Deputy editor

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Recent articles

PF Live: ‘Radical’ ideas to be considered in local audit solution

Fixing the English local government audit crisis for good could take “radical” ideas, and those... Read more
PF Live: ‘Good chaps’ theory of government does not work when governance is under threat

Safeguards for standards and integrity become vital when officials cannot always be relied upon to... Read more
PF Live: Standards are vital when finances are tight

Restricted budgets and difficult decision-making only increase how important it is to maintain good... Read more
PF Live: Audit ‘not immune’ to pressures of populism and standards-cutting

The pressure on democracy is already finding its way to audit in some parts of the world, but audit... Read more
PF Live: Finance teams hold ‘magic ingredients’ for solving world’s challenges

The major challenges facing the world will only be overcome with the help of public finance... Read more
Fair Funding Review revived and SEND deficit override extended

A local government finance shake-up represents an encouraging opportunity to fix many of the sector... Read more
PAC: Government treating council finance crisis as ‘background noise’

Hundreds of councils face financial precarity and the government is finally running out of time to... Read more
Reeves chooses health in Spending Review

Health spending will increase by billions of pounds following Rachel Reeves’s first multi-year... Read more
Spring Statement: Reeves goes big on ‘fiscal responsibility’ as future tax rises seem to loom

The chancellor repeatedly emphasised her “responsible” approach to public finances as she delivered... Read more
Quality assurance: how did local audit performance sink so far?

PF looks at the recent history and near future of the English local audit system to ask what... Read more

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