Kerry Lorimer

Freelance journalist

Recent articles

PSAA survey finds audit fee and communication complaints remain despite improvement

Poor communication over audit fees has been identified as the main complaint of local authorities... Read more
SEND reform delay criticised

Reforms to the special educational needs and disabilities system have been pushed back to the start... Read more
PAC chair sounds warning over ‘immense’ strain on local government

Local government reorganisation risks exacerbating the “immense” financial strain under which... Read more
CIPFA and Humentum launch global non-profit accounting standard

The first global accounting standard for non-profit organisations has been launched in a bid to... Read more
Scrapping youth minimum wage rates could backfire, warns think-tank

The government faces calls to scrap plans to abolish lower minimum wage rates for young workers as... Read more
Croydon chief executive steps down and auditors call for ‘alternative’ to EFS

Croydon chief executive Katherine Kerswell is to leave her post after five years amid further... Read more
SEND pressure leaves education services at ‘critical’ risk, NAO warns

Mounting pressure on special needs and disabilities support is threatening education services’... Read more
September borrowing figure reaches five-year high as Budget pressure mounts

Higher-than-expected government borrowing last month will worsen the fiscal bind facing the... Read more
Local government still in ‘perpetual financial uncertainty’ with unsustainable solutions

Local government is at risk of “mounting financial distress” despite progress by the government to... Read more
IFS makes case for big deficit reduction to stop fiscal ‘groundhog day’

The chancellor faces the prospect of a Budget “groundhog day” unless she takes bold action to shore... Read more

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