All You Want To Know About Local Authority Finance
In-House Training
Aim
This course provides a fully updated introduction and overview of Local Authority Finance
Content
This course will include coverage on:
How do Local Government Finances work? |
General Fund Expenditure and Income; Revenue Support Grant; Business Rates; Council Tax; Specific Grants; Budget Requirements; Fees and Charges; Income & Expenditure Accounts; Pressure on Budgets; Adult Social Care; Waste Management; Education finance; Housing Revenue Account; Joint Boards; Financial Management.
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How does Local Government fund its Capital Programmes? |
Capital Expenditure and how it is financed; Public Sector Debt; Prudential Borrowing; Capital Receipts; Specific Grants; European Funding; Balance Sheets; Use of Reserves; Treasury Management; Public Works Loans Board; Asset Management; Asset Sales; Private Finance Initiative.
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What are the Implications of Localism and Austerity? |
Comprehensive Spending Reviews 2010 and 2013; Localism Act; Revenue Support Grant settlement 2015/16; Public Health and Pooling Health Budgets; Council Tax Freeze and Referenda; New Homes Bonus; Localisation of Business Rates; Council Tax Reduction schemes; the Economic Context; the impact of Welfare Reform; Pressures on Local Authority Budgets; Trends in Local Government Finance.
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What are the Financial Opportunities for Local Authorities? |
Value for Money; Re-modelling services; Lean Management; Customer focus; Demand Management; Total Place; Income Generation; Participatory & Community Budgets; City Regions; Outlook for Local Government Finance. |
Outcomes
Those who attend with gain an overview of the financing of local government and of their own local authority.
The session is accompanied by a very useful book that is provided for future reference: 'All You Want to Know about Local Authority Finance'.
Who Should Attend
Those who require an understanding of local government finance who may possess some or no prior experience and want to know more including Councillors, non-financial managers and staff who are new to finance.
