A central body with powers to oversee local authorities could help prevent disasters similar to the recent collapses in the sector, experts have told PF.
A damning independent report on Thurrock Council’s investments highlights the risk of these strategies and the negative impact on services, CIPFA has warned.
Public sector standards-setters should look to industry when developing sustainable reporting rules or risk lagging even further behind on climate reporting, CIPFA has warned.
A further delay to adopting local authority reporting regulations relating to investments is welcome, but the rules need to come into force at some point to avoid undermining transparency, CIPFA has...
Ministers should use Wednesday’s budget as an opportunity to provide a sustainable long term funding settlement for the social care sector or risk exacerbating existing care issues, experts have said.
A landmark independent report on governance failures at the London Borough of Croydon represents an opportunity for other authorities to review their own standards, experts have told PF.
Councils need additional income-raising powers and longer-term funding allocations in order to run sustainably, so the local government settlement remains a missed opportunity, senior figures in the...
A rare public interest report into historic governance issues at Cheshire East Council highlights the declining standards of public officials in recent years, the external auditors who published the...
Warrington Borough Council is set to discuss its borrowing and capital investment strategies with CIPFA, in an attempt to show how its approach, previously flagged as a concern by the government, “is...
Powers allowing councils to raise additional revenues locally, as hinted at by levelling up secretary Michael Gove, could come hand-in-hand with a reduction in grant funding, an expert has warned.
Local audit firms have been told by the Financial Reporting Council to “urgently” improve the quality and timeliness of their work, after the number of unacceptable audits rose last year.
Any cuts to public services will be “almost certain” to damage performance, which is already struggling in the wake of a decade of austerity and the Covid-19 pandemic, the government has been warned...
The government’s choice to not go ahead with a Spending Review this year means departments will need to make difficult decisions on services as inflation erodes their budgets, experts have warned.
