Latest updates
Capital
All chapters in the CIPFA Guidance part of the Capital stream have now been brought up to date, including CIPFA Publications, Capital Finance, Treasury Management and Technical Advice.
Environmental Services
A new chapter 'Local Low Carbon Energy Projects' has been created, a merger of the Local Energy Projects and Low Carbon Energy chapters. This now provides more clarity on the issue under one concise chapter title.
Childrens Services
New terms with accompanying definitions have been added to the Glossary, such as Social Work England, corporate parent, family group conference and more. Definitions of existing terms have also been revised and updated.
Housing Association Finance
The chapter on Financial Planning has been updated, particularly on the matters of sensitivity analysis and the format of plans.
Charging
The Current Scope of Charges in Local Government chapter has been updated to include new statistics on sales, fees and charges as a percentage of total revenue expenditure and income by local authorities in England for 2017/18. The update also includes additional statistics on sales, fees and charges as a percentage of income (excluding grants) by local authorities in England for 2004/05 to 2017/18.