Public bodies should prioritise investment in long-term training to “carve new pathways for career progression” to improve recruitment and retention, researchers at Mazars have said, with finance...
The lack of internal scrutiny ahead of Thurrock Council’s collapse proves the importance of councillor training and financial understanding, experts have said.
A council faces a £920,000 hit to its reserves after a blunder saw pension payments wrongly removed from its 2020-21 accounts, according to an external auditor. ...