All You Want To Know About Local Authority Finance 2010

"All You Want to Know about Local Authority Finance" is a useful 100 page introduction and companion to the complex and important subject of local authority finance. It covers every aspect of local authority finance in London Boroughs, Metropolitan and Unitary authorities, County Councils and District Councils. It covers Education, Social Services, Highways and Housing; looking at revenue expenditure and capital programmes and funding from Council Tax, Business Rates and the Revenue Support Grant. It also contains a summary of the conclusions of the Lyons report.

It is designed for people who are not experts in local authority finance, but who need to understand the basics and achieve an overview of what is going on. It is suitable for elected members, non-financial managers and finance staff who have limited experience of the local authority finance and others who realise that an understanding of local authority finance can place them at an advantage!

It is not a technical guide and neither does it provide step by step instructions for people who need to prepare local authority accounts or other returns.

What the Book covers:

  • Introduction
  • General Fund Accounts
  • Revenues
  • Comprehensive Spending Reviews 2007 and 2010 and the Recession
  • Grant System and Revenue Support Grant Settlements 2009/10 and 2010/11
  • Capital Programmes
  • Education
  • Social Services
  • Highways and Transport
  • Housing Revenue Account
  • Other Services
  • Technical Issues
  • The Efficiency Agenda
  • Glossary of Terms

The guide is excellent value at £30 plus £2.95 postage and packing. This guide was published in 2010.

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