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    May 24, 2022

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  • Early results suggest stability in LGPS employer contribution rates

    May 24, 2022

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    May 23, 2022

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    • in 151 News · Governance
    • — 19 May, 2022

    Mixed reaction to proposed government intervention powers

    There has been a mixed reaction to the government’s legislative plans to strengthen its intervention powers over local authority finances. The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill has proposed giving the[…]

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    • — 19 May, 2022

    CIPFA: a question of transparency

    Roman Haluszczak’s campaign for publication of the independent report into the collapse of CIPFA’s London Counter Fraud Hub has been rejected again by the institute. He is now calling for[…]

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    • in Governance · LGPS
    • — 18 May, 2022

    LGPS governance, Cagney and Lacey style

    What regulatory response can be expected following the publication of the Good Governance project’s Phase 3 report and the closure of the Single Code of Practice consultation? Susan Black offers[…]

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    • — 26 Apr, 2022

    CIPFA under pressure to publish fraud hub report

    CIPFA is coming under increasing pressure to allow members to review the independent report into the failure of its London Counter Fraud Hub (LCFH), which collapsed in 2019 with an[…]

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    • in Blogs · Governance
    • — 1 Apr, 2022

    Northants: one year on

    As West Northamptonshire and North Northamptonshire unitary councils register their first full year in existence, James Smith looks at the progress made since the demise of the ill-fated county council.[…]

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