Oliver Rudgewick

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Recent articles

Multi-year settlement ‘key’ for Scottish councils

The Scottish government has been told it should provide local authorities with a multi-year... Read more
Social care reforms to cost ‘significantly more’ than government estimates

English councils may need to spend much more than the government has forecast when implementing... Read more
Liverpool looks for new audit chief

Criticism over the lack of audit work carried out at Liverpool City Council has led the authority... Read more
County issues Section 114 notice

A county council in the north of England has issued a Section 114 notice over unlawful spending on... Read more
Resourcing a key issue for internal audit

A lack of funding for staff development and challenges around the recruitment of new officers is... Read more
‘Broken’ children’s care market needs ‘whole system reset’

Local authorities in England should be mandated to work more collaboratively as part of a system... Read more
Stormont could get income tax devolution by 2027

The Northern Irish government could be given responsibility for setting and collecting income tax... Read more
Government to spend £600m to suppress benefit fraud

The Department for Work and Pensions is set to spend £600m and give officers new legal powers in a... Read more
Borough backs ‘prudent’ debt amid government concerns

The government is seeking assurances that a borough council in the south of England can manage its... Read more
Waste company merger could cause ‘higher prices or poorer services’

A watchdog has warned that a proposed merger of waste management firms could reduce competition and... Read more

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