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Audit
Audit completion up but improved guidance on reforms needed, finds PSAA
30 September 2026
30 September 2026
by
Jason Holland
Audit
Accounting code: decluttered but still complex?
19 August 2025
19 August 2025
by
Aysha Gilmore
Accounting
The 151er podcast episode 3 – no small accounts
5 August 2025
5 August 2025
by
Aysha Gilmore & Dan Bates
Podcast
Council accounts show growing divide in financial health across tiers
4 August 2025
4 August 2025
by
Aysha Gilmore
Accounts
Birmingham publishes three years of accounts as audit reveals control failures
17 July 2025
17 July 2025
by
Aysha Gilmore
Audit backlog
Audit backlog eases slightly as 75% of councils file draft accounts on time
1 July 2025
1 July 2025
by
Aysha Gilmore
Audit backlog
Is Reform’s DOGE a threat to local government audit?
25 June 2025
25 June 2025
by
Aysha Gilmore
Audit
Government’s 16 commitments and £49m funding designed to ‘fix the broken audit system’
9 April 2025
9 April 2025
by
Jason Holland
Audit
Local audit crisis ‘undermining’ financial oversight and ‘exacerbating’ pressures: Public Accounts Committee chair
19 March 2025
19 March 2025
by
Jason Holland
Audit
Audit crisis: over 60 councils miss deadline as backlog persists
6 March 2025
6 March 2025
by
Aysha Gilmore
Audit
Audit debacle: do LAO reforms tackle the roots of the crisis?
13 February 2025
13 February 2025
by
Aysha Gilmore
Policy
Barnet Council’s section 114 notice: a cautionary tale in oversight and auditing?
27 January 2025
27 January 2025
by
Aysha Gilmore
Section 114
Warrington receives S&P credit rating boost
24 January 2025
24 January 2025
by
Jason Holland
Warrington
Stephen Sheen: the year ahead for accounts and audit
23 January 2025
23 January 2025
by
Stephen Sheen
Blogs
Exceptional financial support no longer ‘exceptional’ – with policy reform the ‘only way out’: Owen Mapley
15 January 2025
15 January 2025
by
Jason Holland
EFS
New audit oversight and coordination body will ‘simplify and drive change’
18 December 2024
18 December 2024
by
Jason Holland
Audit
Majority of councils face disclaimer of opinion on 2022/23 accounts
16 December 2024
16 December 2024
by
Aysha Gilmore
Accounts
Audit backstop: will councils face borrowing and credit rating challenges?
5 December 2024
5 December 2024
by
Aysha Gilmore
Accounts
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‘Financial catastrophe’ still looming over SEND deficits
Borrowing
1 in 5 councils unable to maintain underborrowed position
Lending
SEND deficit write-off: implications for treasury managers
LGPS
How are LGPS investors grappling with the AI race?
Equities
Equities Roundtable York October 2026