Current finance issues resulting from government policy; trends in management which impact on finance; recent crises in council finance management which have stimulated change; financing local governement; the basis of council finance; accounting; the Council Tax; benefits; borrowing; service level agreements; asset management.
Guide to public sector finance and accounting, produced to take into account recent major changes such as the Council Tax, internal market, BCCI, CCT and reorganization. It is designed to give a current view of the structure and functions of local government finance, for non-financial specialists.