Calum Rutter

Deputy editor

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Recent articles

Local audit delays leave MoJ accounts unable to be signed off – and pose risk to NHS

The huge backlog of unaudited local government accounts has ramifications across government,... Read more
Health finance staff feel undervalued by government

Fewer than one in 10 NHS finance staff in England feel that the government values their work, a... Read more
Civil servants to get £1,500 payment to reward ‘vital work’

Civil service staff will receive a one-off payment of £1,500 this year, the Cabinet Office has... Read more
London borough to use £186m receipt to pay off debt, fund projects and invest

Selling a professional services company has given Merton Council an injection of £185.6m, and the... Read more
Government launches cross-department fraud team

A team of counter-fraud experts will help prevent fraud across government departments in a move... Read more
CIPFA: Woking fallout to ‘have serious implications for the sector as a whole’

Commissioners have been sent to the authority and the institute says it plans to play its part.
Finance chiefs fear ‘considerable risk’ to their councils and reputation in face of reporting deadline

CIPFA has warned that some councils are worried about serious consequences arising if they... Read more
360,000 council staff asked to vote on strike action

The dispute over local government pay continues, with Unison the latest union to ballot members.
IMF now tips UK to avoid recession

“Resilient” demand should keep the UK economy out of recession this year, International Monetary... Read more
High streets need local focus

Nobody has a better idea of what the UK’s town and city centres need than the people who live,... Read more

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