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‘We lose those skills at our peril’: the risk of a technical finance exodus

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Councils undergoing local government reorganisation (LGR) are at risk of shedding the financial expertise on which the success of new unitaries will depend, according to former section 151 officer and consultant Suzanne Jones.

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She warned that undervalued technical staff were departing en masse as councils “rushed headlong” into reorganisation. “You only need to look around – if

Room151 uncovers an ‘unusual’ legal process and changing dynamics in the political landscape that once again leave s151s picking up the financial pieces.

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