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Jason Holland

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Charity Commission issues first official warning to a local authority over annual returns and accounts

Waverley considers voluntary council tax scheme to fund discretionary services

Have your say: take Room151’s 2024 treasury management survey

Real terms service expenditure up 2.4% in 2023/24, MHCLG data shows

Councils warn of further overspends and new threats to financial stability

Best Value Inspection reports at Spelthorne and Warrington delayed to 29 November

Construction sector urged to act on modern slavery ahead of potential rise in housebuilding and infrastructure projects

Room151 launches 2024 treasury investment and current affairs survey

Warrington ‘should establish clarity over borrowing risk threshold’, finds peer challenge

Birmingham’s s114 process and intervention queried in new report

Councils call for extension of Household Support Fund as ‘cliff-edge’ approaches

UKIB provides £17m loan to West Suffolk for net zero projects

Northamptonshire unitary councils agree £40m balance sheet disaggregation solution

‘Tens of millions’ in equal pay claims issued against Brighton and Hove

Councils given mandatory housing targets in planning system overhaul

Government action to address local audit backlog outlined in Parliament

No ‘immediate improvement or help’ in chancellor’s statement but some promise

The stars are aligning in secondaries

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