Encouraging councils to use reserves as a one-off quick fix during the funding crisis is “misguided and unhelpful” and could put more authorities at risk of Section 114 notice, a finance director has...
Low investment and a reliance on interim staff in council finance teams will make it difficult to find “the next generation of section 151 officers”, experts at Grant Thornton have said.
The government is set to appoint a fifth commissioner at Liverpool City Council after a report found gaps in workforce capacity and capability across vital services.
A chief finance officer at a council in the north of England did not rule out issuing further section 114 notices over potentially unlawful spending, having already issued one last month.
Two councils planning to end a joint management arrangement lack detail over the anticipated costs, and need to focus on appointing a section 151 officer, according to a CIPFA report.
A senior consultant at CIPFA is set to take over as interim section 151 officer at Peterborough City Council, as the authority seeks financial stability.
In February 2018, Mark McLaughlin became the first section 151 officer in almost 20 years to issue a section 114 notice. Writing exclusively for PF, Northamptonshire’s former finance director makes a...
Directors of resources and Section 151 officers have an even more crucial role to play as the pandemic plays out, argues director at Impower Ebony Hughes.
