LGA calls for academy intervention powers

 

If you can't see the Public Finance Daily email below click here to view the web version   News and comment from Public Finance - the official magazine of CIPFA   16 June 2014 | Public Finance Home | Contact us | Sign up         LGA calls for academy intervention powers The Local Government Association has called on the government to restore ‘stability’ to school governance by returning powers over school intervention to town halls. David Simmonds, chair of the LGA's children and young people board, said councils should be able to trigger Ofsted inspections and scrutinise budgets...       News Auditor general knighted in Birthday Honours Comptroller and auditor general Amyas Morse received a knighthood in this year’s Birthday Honours, leading a distinguished list of public servants who were recognised... Lottery to match EU regeneration funding The Big Lottery Fund has said it will match funding allocations from the European Union for regeneration projects, in a boost to the money available to local enterprise partnerships... Councils and schools ‘exploiting part-time workers’ Part-time workers in local government and schools are being ‘exploited’ by being made to work unpaid overtime to plug service gaps caused by job cuts, Unison has claimed... Monitor: district hospitals face financial challenge Small district hospitals must overcome financial challenges if they are to survive as part of the NHS, Monitor has warned... More news     CIPFA Conference  Get ready for CIPFA conference The theme for this year's conference is Risk, Resilience and Reform. Public Finance will be bringing you up-to-the-minute coverage live from the event... CIPFA 2014     Public Finance International Fitch puts South Africa on ‘negative’ outlook Fitch has downgraded its outlook for South Africa from stable to negative, warning that the country’s persistent budget deficit was leading to rising public indebtedness... More international news     Opinion Welsh councils: merger or redesign? By Malcolm Prowle Local government reform is back on the agenda in Wales, with much talk of council mergers. But the focus, instead, should be on redesigning structures from scratch to best meet the needs of local people... More opinion     Assistant Chief Officer Cheshire Constabulary  c. £90,000 pa Accounts & Audit Senior Reed Finance  £30,000 - £35,000 pa Head of Finance (Interim) Hudson £350 - £400 per day Principal accountant Gedling Borough Council £32,071 - £33,998 per annum (Plus potential to earn £34,894 – £36,676) More public finance jobs Jobs: South East Jobs: North West Jobs: East Mid. Jobs: West Mid. More regions CIPFA Publications Events     Click here to unsubscribe from this email