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Council finances and Autumn Budget 2024 Survey of chief executives

Council finances and Autumn Budget 2024 Survey of chief executives

In October 2024, the LGA sent an online survey to assess the financial positions of councils in England and the likelihood of councils needing exceptional financial support before the 2024 Autumn Budget.

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Local government finance workforce action plan for England

This report aims to provide a series of key recommendations for action at a local, regional and national level to address the key workforce challenges that face the finance profession in English councils.

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Autumn Budget and Spending Review Submission 2024

Our submission is aimed at improving the lives of our councils’ residents and helping the Government deliver its missions.

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Local government capacity survey: Finance

This report shows quantitative and qualitative finance workforce data highlighting challenges in recruiting, developing and retaining staff across all finance disciplines, and increasing pressures facing finance teams.

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Ten questions for audit committees

The role of the audit committee is normally to seek assurance that the council’s financial reporting, internal controls, governance, and risk management are effective and can be relied upon by councillors and citizens. The audit committee is the committee of the council to which has been delegated the task of looking into such matters in detail.

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Must know guide: The annual budget process

The annual budget process is probably the single biggest, most complex exercise that any council undertakes as part of its annual cycle. Getting this process right is vital to the council’s success and contributes significantly to what it achieves for the local area.

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Learning from councils which faced finance and governance challenges

In September 2022, the LGA commissioned Human Engine to conduct a desktop study on five councils with experience of finance and governance challenges which led to either a S114 report or a capitalisation direction with a governance review at the time the research was commissioned.

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Local government finance capacity and capability study

As part of our sector support programme funded by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), we commissioned Local Partnerships to undertake research into capacity and capability in local government finance. Our aim is that this report will support councils in understanding the pressures and challenges finance teams are facing, and the actions they can take.

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A councillor's workbook on finance for non-finance portfolio holders / cabinet members

This workbook has been designed to enable councillors holding a non-finance portfolio to better understand their roles and responsibilities in relation to the financial aspects of their role.

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Reforming revenues - options for the future financing of local government

The LGA commissioned WPI Economics to carry out a review of the current and alternative sources of local government revenue financing and an assessment of their strengths and weaknesses against the principles set out by the LGA: sufficiency, buoyancy, fairness, efficiency of collection, predictability, transparency and incentive.

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