Local Government Reorganisation – What does this mean for Police & Fire?

Event summary

In this webinar we will cover how Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) could significantly impact Police and Fire services through changes in governance structures, funding allocations, and operational oversight. These changes may require adjustments in resource management and service delivery coordination, Asset Management and financial planning to ensure continued efficiency and public safety. CIPFA supports this transition by offering expertise in financial resilience, governance frameworks, asset management and strategic planning. CIPFA’s guidance helps authorities and Police and Fire forces to navigate budget consolidation and disaggregation, workforce planning, and service integration, ensuring that emergency services remain effective throughout the reorganisation process.

Date

22 May 2025
Starts: 10:00
Ends: 11:00

Location

online

Standard price

£0.00 excl VAT

Network Member Price

Event booking is currently unavailable online. If you would like to book onto this event, please contact hello@cipfa.org or 020 7543 5600

About this event

Who should attend?

Employees of Police and Fire and employees of the OPCC.

How will you benefit from attending?

The webinar will provide attendees:

With insights into both the opportunities and challenges of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) and how this will affect Police & Fire Forces.
Helping them navigate the transition more effectively.
By fostering discussions and sharing expertise, it will equip participants with a clearer understanding of LGR’s impacts.

How CIPFA can support them in areas like financial management, governance, asset management and service transformation. Whether councils are preparing for reorganisation or seeking best practices, this session will help them make informed decisions and mitigate risks.

Topics

Accounting
/ Accounts closedown
/ Asset management
/ Capital finance
/ Central government
/ Childrens services
/ Commercialisation
/ Devolution
/ Efficiency
/ Financial management
/ Financial reporting
/ Governance
/ Health and social care
/ Housing
/ Local government
/ Medium term planning
/ Performance improvement and policy
/ Police
/ Property
/ Revenues and benefits
/ Risk management
/ Shared services
/ Sustainability
/ Transformation
/ Treasury management
/ Value for money

Speaker - Simon Allsop, Senior Consultant, CIPFA

Simon Allsop is a CIPFA qualified accountant and a Senior Consultant with CIPFA . He was previously the joint Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer) for both Derbyshire Police and Fire. He has over 27 years of experience working with and in a range of public-sector bodies including central government, NDPBs and arm’s-length organisations and local authorities. He has extensive experience of audit and advisory work as a former senior manager in KPMG’s public sector audit and advisory team working with the NAO and Audit Commission, including supporting the development of medium term financial strategies, budget and financial management review methodologies and corporate services value for money benchmarking tools. Other past advisory roles have included secondments to Birmingham City Council to provide support on the Council’s Estates Development programme and the Home Office to help review proposals for Police mergers. Simon leads on the delivery of our work for DLUHC in supporting financially challenged local authorities. He is currently supporting a number of authorities to assess their financial resilience and has also undertaken a number of reviews of high debt authorities and local authority companies.