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The latest news and research from CRAFiC.
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Audit costs for English councils more than tripled from 2022/23 to 2023/24

English Councils are now charged more than double Welsh and Scottish Councils per hour of additional audit work. In their new report, the Audit Reform Lab calls on Labour to beef up its plans for local audit regulation.
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Voluntary Local Review report published following knowledge transfer partnership with Basildon Borough Council

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Dr Abi O’Connor joins CRAFiC through the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship scheme

Abi O’Connor will join Sheffield University Management School’s Centre for Research into Accounting and Finance in Context to research a project titled ‘Following urban assetisation: a comparative theory of local state restructuring’.
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Reimagining Accounting and Finance: Doctoral Research Highlights from the 2025 Management School Doctoral Conference

CRAFiC is proud to support critical, interdisciplinary and impact-driven research that addresses some of the most pressing questions in finance, accounting, sustainability and governance.