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Publication scheme
What we spend and how we spend it
Details of our income, expenditure, the products and services we buy and contracts
- Auditor's report
Independent auditor's report to ensure the public money we spend is accounted for
- Budget book
Our published plan of all income and expenditure for the financial year
- Capital programme (in statement of accounts)
Our major plans for capital expenditure
- Contracts register and procurement procedures
Details of procedures for buying goods and services and contracts available for public tender
- Election expenses
Details of election expenses of candidates sent to the Council
- Financial statements, budgets and variance reports
Our Statement of Account looks back on the financial year and explains in detail what money we received and what we spent
- Financial statements for projects and events (contained in reports on a particular project/event considered by the relevant committee of the Council)
Financial reports that indicate actual expenditure against original project budgets
- Internal financial regulations (in our constitution)
The set of rules that cover our financial administration, accountancy procedures and control of finances
- Members' allowances scheme
Allowances and expenses paid to district councillors
- Pay policy and senior salaries
Pay and reward for senior managers and the lowest paid employees for the financial year
- Spending reviews (including spend over £500)
A monthly list of payments made
- Staff allowances policy
Mileage, accommodation and subsistence rates that can be claimed by staff