Calum Rutter

Deputy editor

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Recent articles

PF Live: ‘Biggest challenges are more political than economic’

The coming years will be defined more by politics than the economy, despite inflation and the cost-... Read more
PWLB lent Woking £10m two days before the government appointed commissioners

Woking was lent millions of pounds of public money just two days before the government published a... Read more
Public sector ‘alive and kicking’: CIPFA president as PF Live gets underway

The work of public sector staff has meant that despite “seemingly never-ending challenges” from... Read more
PAC: local audit workforce ‘worryingly low’ as crisis set to deepen

Any hope of sustainably clearing the huge backlog in local government audit will fail unless the... Read more
LGA backs peer challenge despite 2019 report praising Woking’s ‘entrepreneurial model’

The Local Government Association has defended its corporate peer challenge process after being... Read more
Woking needs ‘significant’ financial help from government – chief executive

The council “has no means of funding” its £1.2bn deficit, so must turn to Westminster to bail it out
Call to pause HMRC’s ‘making tax digital’ programme as costs balloon

Flagship programme set to cost five times initial forecast, and HMRC left important figures out of... Read more
Spelthorne’s investments drop £161m in value

A huge drop in the value of Spelthorne Borough Council’s commercial investments has been revealed... Read more
Woking issues section 114 notice

The council’s additional minimum revenue provision this year – after being under-calculated for... Read more
Call made for ‘unpalatable but necessary’ reset in local audit

MPs heard that local audit needs a fresh start to clear the backlog and return to timely account... Read more

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