Auditors might appear to be upping their action against struggling local authorities, but Stephen Sheen argues there’s little incentive to do anything beyond writing to suggest a council puts its financial[…]
It’s a busy year in prospect for audit and accounting. Stephen Sheen works through a schedule that includes auditor appointments, the new accelerated closedown, expenditure and funding analysis, highways and[…]
In a January article I wrote about the desirability generally for reviewing an authority’s policy for Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP). The mushrooming of interest in borrowing to invest, or lend,[…]
Amidst all the clamour of the recent referendum, one thing was strangely missing from the debate, particularly for those of us who keep banging on about it outside of such[…]
Let’s talk materialism and the financial statements. Is your financial position a construct of “matter” that can only truly be known through the senses? Are you a child of Democritus[…]
Local authorities have big decisions to make about their auditors and auditor panels need to start the work of finding audit candidates in their areas. Local audit has taken a step[…]
On 28 September, Fitch issued a statement making observances about local authority accounts, already responded to by a number of Room 151 experts. It wasn’t quite clear what Fitch were[…]
A probe into the use of LOBO loans will today get under way by the communities and local government select committee of the House of Commons. The hearing follows the[…]
Time for section 151 officers in England to lay the table and set aside a couple of pleasant prandial hours with their accounting assistants – there is a new set[…]
Stephen Sheen is the managing partner of Ichabod’s Industries, a consultancy providing technical support to local government. The Audit Commission will vanish in a puff of smoke as midnight tolls[…]
