Webinar: Financial Resilience and Sustainability

The theme of our second LAQF event was Financial Resilience and Sustainability. The event explored:

the nature and scale of the sustainability challenges facing local bodies;
the strategies and disciplines which can help to address them successfully; and
the roles and responsibilities of Chief Finance Officers and Auditors in helping to maintain resilience and sustainability.

The programme included:

Sarah Howard, President of CIPFA on what needs to change to enable higher levels of assurance in relation to financial resilience and sustainability
David Aldous, Director, National Audit Office on reviewing the Code of Audit Practice
Janet Dawson, EY Government and Public Sector Assurance Leader on what do auditors look for and what are their options for highlighting increasing risk to financial resilience and sustainability
Jayne Owen, Director of Finance (Police and Crime), Greater Manchester CA on how financial resilience challenges are growing and how they are being addressed
Leigh Whitehouse, Executive Director of Finance, Surrey CC on how financial resilience challenges are growing and how they are being addressed
Q&A panel