Free Briefing Papers

AWICS have written and made available a large number of briefing papers on topics relating to organisations providing public services. These are all free for you to download and cover a wide range of topics. All documents are published as PDF documents.

Local Authority Finance

Find reports and briefing papers linked to finance within this section.

Local Authority Housing Finance

Here you will find documents we have written and published on housing finance in local authorities.

Housing Association Finance

Here you will find documents we have written and published on finance of housing associations.

Budgets and Management Accounts

Here you will find documents we have written and management accounting and budgets.

Public Administration

Here you will find documents we have written and published on public administration.

Value for Money and Performance Management

Here you will find documents we have written and published on performance management in social housing.

Welfare Reform

Here you will find documents we have written and published on the changes to welfare.

Service Charges

Here you will find documents we have written and published on service charges in social housing.

European and international issues

Here you will find documents we have written and published on economic development and international issues.

Scottish issues

This section includes more papers on Scottish Issues.

Welsh issues

This section includes more papers on Welsh Issues.