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Councillors' Guide to Local Government Finance 2008 Fully Revised Edition (2008)

Edited by Anna Capaldi, Rita Hale & Associates Limited

The constantly changing nature of local government finance is a key factor in the incessant demand for CIPFA's Councillors' Guide, which is fully revised each year.

The guide provides a sound introduction to local government finance for newly elected members and up-to-date information on current issues for experienced councillors. Feedback tells us that it is also seen as a handy reference point and useful training resource for practitioners.

The 2008 edition of the guide is available as a durable hardback book, and also as a CD-ROM. Included on the disc is a powerful search function allowing the user to quickly find their requested material.

Further details about the guide can be found on the CIPFA shop.

Direct Payments and Individual Budgets: Managing the Finances

This timely publication from CIPFA’s expert Social Care Panel is fully supported by the Department of Health and in Control.

It is an essentially practical guide and addresses the emerging environment and provides some early advice to local authorities that wish to tackle the challenging financial issues involved in extending direct payments, or developing individual budgets or in Control schemes. It provides guidance on both direct payments and individual budgets and widely updates CIPFA’s Community Care Direct Payments: Accounting and Financial Management Guidelines.

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An Introductory Guide to Education Finance in England (Fully Revised Third Edition 2008)(2008)

This new fully revised and updated guide explains the development and evolution of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) alongside other changes to the funding arrangements. It also provides an insight into the changes that are due to be implemented for the 2008-11 period.

The 2008 edition of the guide is being released as a handy wirobound book and also as a fully searchable CD-ROM. This new CD-ROM format will provide purchasing LEAs with a much more flexible and accessible product which will enable it to roll out the new guide to all of its schools where suitable digital pathways are in place. Each CD-ROM also contains a bookmarked pdf of the printed document for easy reference.

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Dedicated Schools Grant: A Concise and Practical Guide (2006)

This concise and practical guide, expertly drafted by education finance guru, Mike Grealy, charts the development of DSG and explains the restrictions on its use. It also explores the impact on local authorities' decision-making processes, the enhanced role of Schools Forums and how the grant has been allocated in 2006-07 and 2007-08. This timely guide addresses the needs of a wide-ranging audience including local authority officers, councillors and Schools Forum members in particular.

Children's Trusts: The Essential Financial Management Companion (2006)

This timely guide from CIPFA provides comprehensive finance coverage of this important and challenging new development.

The guide is aimed at keeping trust managers and finance leads in command of their finances whilst enabling them to plan ahead strategically for the full roll-out of children's trusts by 2008.

It is written by independent consultant and former City of Westminster Finance Director, Paul Cook for CIPFA's Local Authority Education Panel, and is supported by the Department for Education and Skills.