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Better Governance Forum
Newsletter

1 May 2020

 

Events

Annual Governance Statement for 2019/20

Exclusively for BGF subscribers.

6 May

A further date may be added

Update for Police Audit Committee Members

Joint webinar with the Police and Fire Network

13 May

Assurance over Property and Asset Risks - Introductory Webinar

Joint webinar with CIPFA Property

20 May

Assurance over Property and Asset Risks Webinar

In-depth webinar on key aspects of property and asset management and their audit. Joint webinar with CIPFA Property

3 June

Assurance over Financial Resilience

9 June

Webinar - Fighting Fraud and Corruption Locally: a new strategy for the 2020s

5 May

BGF Home

News of the week

CIPFA Bulletin Closure of the 2019/20 Financial Statements now available

The bulletin is focused on the financial statements. Of particular interest is the section on issues arising from covid-19 that should be considered for the narrative report. This should be considered alongside any statements on the impact of covid-19 in the AGS to ensure consistent messaging, whilst maintaining the focus on governance and finance as appropriate.

CIPFA

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News Roundup

Audit

Consultation on Practice Note 10

PN 10 sets out how auditors of public sector bodies in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales apply auditing standards to their work on financial statements.

Public Audit Forum

Governance

The Local Authorities (Coronavirus) (Meetings) (Wales) Regulations 2020

New regulations providing provision for online meetings.

UK Legislation

Ombudsman issues guide to good administrative practice during coronavirus

The LGO said it expected councils and care providers to respond appropriately to any complaints during this time of national emergency.

Local Government Lawyer

Communicating in a crisis puts trust in Government to the ultimate test

It isn’t enough to just be able to handle a crisis. Leaders need to show a complicated set of skills and behaviours - empathy, the ability to communicate a clear plan, while bringing people with them.

Public Sector Executive

Risk

Whiteman calls on government to better support ‘precarious’ local authorities

The coronavirus crisis has exposed the fragility of local authority finances, CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman has told MPs.

Public Finance

Covid-19 testing available for council workers

Testing is available to a wider group, including those working in social care, delivering essential public services and working with vulnerable people.

LocalGov

 

CIPFA News and Training

CIPFA Coronavirus Resources

Responding to COVID-19: insight, support and guidance. Read more>>

Support for Audit Committees

CIPFA offers a range of services to support audit committees. Our web page brings together all our resources and services into one place.

For more information on in-house training or advisory support for your audit committee please contact Customer Services.

External Quality Assessments

CIPFA offers an EQA service to evaluate internal audit conformance to the PSIAS and Local Government Application Note. For more details see the website.

 

Publications

Better Governance Forum Advisors

Diana Melville
+44 (0)1722 349398
diana.Melville@cipfa.org

 

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