Calum Rutter

Deputy editor

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Recent articles

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
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

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