Reviewing the big 3 financial reports effectively
This online training gives councillors and officers a thorough grounding in the key financial reports that Councils publish each year.
The course looked at:
- Understanding of the financial planning and control process at their council.
- Understanding the structure of their council’s financial planning and control reports.
- Begin to formulate lines of questioning on key local issues and concerns highlighted through their review of these key council documents.
Course materials and outline
Course materials:
Slides Reviewing the Big Three 2023
LGIU_Briefing_local-government-finance-settlement-2023-24-and-levelling-up-allocations
Written by Ian Fifield, this guide for councillors is also useful reference guide for officers wanting to understand local government finance.
LGA – Councillor work – finance for non-finance portfolio holders/cabinet members
More online learning from LGIU
Want to learn more about local government finance? Register for the next session(s):
- budget setting – 20-Jul-23
We repeating our local government finance workshops later in the – see below for details:
- an introduction to local government finance – 4-Oct-23
- reviewing the Big 3 finance reports – 1-Nov-23
- budget setting – 7-Dec-23
Our finance training is part of our Build your own curriculum, which includes training on:
- communication essentials
- being an effective councillor
- management fundamentals (for new or existing managers).
Pick and mix any three courses from our build-your-own curriculum and get an LGIU certificate.
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