Staff profile

Dr Laurence Ferry is an award-winning Professor in Accounting for Democracy at Durham University Business School (UK), established Author, Founding Director of the International Centre of Public Accountability (ICOPA) and a Member of the Senior Common Room at, Castle, University College. From 2019 to 2022, he served as Head of Department for Accounting, Senior Leader on the Dean’s Faculty Executive Team, and Senator on the University Senate. During this period, Laurence successfully led the Accounting Department for the first time into the Top 10 across all 3 official national rankings (CUG, Times and Guardian) and Top 75 internationally (our highest ever placements), ensured a significantly improved department research reputation including strong REF2021 submission, and accomplished National Student Survey results at the very forefront of the University. He earned his PhD from the Warwick Business School, and is a qualified chartered accountant, prestigious elected Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) and holds a first-class accounting degree.

His research, impact, teaching and consulting covers accounting, auditing and accountability with a specific focus on the public sector where he is a very well recognized world-leading expert in public financial management. 

Internationally, he is a Senior Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Accounting at Rutgers University (USA), Co-Director of the Durham Rutgers Accounting Analytics Network (DRAAN), Affiliated Fellow at the Municipal Research Lab at North Carolina State University (USA), and a member of the CIPFA International Advisory Board undertaking thought leadership for how accounting, auditing and accountability can improve social, economic and environmental well-being for citizens of the world. This includes an incredibly successful ESRC funded comparative project on ‘Voice(s) of Accountability at Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs)’ that was undertaken with CIPFA on behalf of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), a non-governmental organization with special consultative status with the United Nations’ (UN) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and umbrella organization for the external government audit community. Here Professor Ferry’s world leading research and project leadership recently provided an international comparison of audit and accountability arrangements of governments by Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) (Please see master report here.) This culminated in the Rio Declaration at the International Congress in Brazil that changed audit and accountability arrangements of SAIs across the world (7 geographic regions and around 200 countries) Please see Rio Declaration here. Importantly, this helps to accomplish United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16 (UN SDG 16) ‘Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions’ that highlights the importance of strong accountability for the state, which is underpinned by audit and accounting. 

Nationally, Laurence has had the honour to be an invited speaker and workshop guest at the UK Parliament – both House of Lords and House of Commons - in 2022, be an Adviser at the Open Innovation Team of the Cabinet Office of the UK Government in 2021, and Adviser at the UK Parliament with a House of Commons Select Committee in 2020 following having been a prestigious Parliamentary Academic Fellow 2018/19 looking at public accountability. In 2019, he had the rare honour to single author a full Parliament Report on ‘Audit and Inspection in English Local Government’ (Please see here.) He was then a member of the Steering Panel on the Review by Sir Tony Redmond into Audit and Financial Reporting in Local Government, which was one of the principal reviews of audit. The Redmond Report was published in 2020 (Please see: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/916217/Redmond_Review.pdf ). The Government in their response accepted around 60% of the recommendations, with the remainder subject to further review (Please see: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-financial-reporting-and-external-audit-government-response-to-the-redmond-review/local-authority-financial-reporting-and-external-audit-government-response-to-the-independent-review ). All this work by Professor Ferry follows on from his earlier comparative work on accountability and transparency of local public service bodies for the National Audit Office and Centre for Public Scrutiny.

Regarding research, the focus for Laurence is Public Accountability. He is founding director of ICOPA, the International Centre of Public Accountability that looks at how accounting, auditing and accountability affect big public policy issues such as austerity, Brexit, climate change, disease including COVID-19 and war. For the new REF2028, he has already had over 25 journal papers accepted between 2021 and 2023 with several winning awards, as well as a book and various book chapters. For the REF2021 period, he published over 35 journal papers at the nexus of accounting and public administration with half a dozen papers winning awards, two books and various book chapters. He is on over half a dozen editorial boards including as Associate Editor at both Accounting Forum and the Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management. His research has successfully translated into theatre shows in London and Newcastle for the Freedom City celebrations concerning Dr Martin Luther King, art exhibitions for the Great Exhibition of the North, animated online videos and features in the Financial Times (FT), New York Times, Public Finance, Municipal Journal and Local Government Chronicle among others.

For impact, Laurence is constructing a world leading impact case for REF2028 on ‘An International comparison of SAIs’, among others. He previously produced a world leading REF2021 impact case study on changing audit and accountability arrangements in English local government: Enhancing resilience and value for money and has been awarded several honours including the prestigious policy impact prize at Durham University. Laurence has personally give oral and written evidence at Parliament including on Brexit and Local Government, presented his research at COP21 - the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference in Paris, written reports funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), European Union (EU) and the National Audit Office (NAO) and spoke on BBC and ITV news as an invited expert. 

In terms of teaching, Laurence is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice and Learning (PCAPL). Teaching interests focus on both management accounting and financial accounting. He has received various awards in recognition of academic and executive teaching, including the Deans Award for Teaching and nomination for the University Learning and Teaching Award. Internationally, he has held several visiting professorships in the USA, China, Europe, Middle East, and South-East Asia illustrating he is a truly global scholar.

Furthermore, professionally over the past two decades, Laurence has engaged with senior government, banking and multi-national company representatives of over thirty countries. This is from various roles that he has undertaken in a research, consulting and training capacity. In the UK, recently this has included engagement with the UK Government’s Cabinet Office Open Innovation Team, UK Parliament, NAO being the UK’s Supreme Audit Institution, Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS) and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) (Formerly the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)). Internationally this experience ranges from the National Development and Reform Commission of the Peoples Republic of China and ICBC Bank (the world’s largest bank) from China, to the Economic Financial Crimes Commission and Supreme Court of Nigeria, to King Faisal Hospital of Saudi Arabia and to the Ministry of Finance of Bangladesh as just some examples. He has held senior roles in the UK civil service, local government and private consultancy including as Managing Director, Head of Finance and Resources and Special Adviser.

Mini Biography

Dr Laurence Ferry is an award-winning Professor in Accounting for Democracy at Durham University Business School (UK), established Author, Founding Director of the International Centre of Public Accountability (ICOPA) and a Member of the Senior Common Room at, Castle, University College. From 2019 to 2022, he served as Head of Department for Accounting, Senior Leader on the Dean’s Faculty Executive Team, and Senator on the University Senate. During this period, Laurence successfully led the Accounting Department for the first time into the Top 10 across all 3 official national rankings (CUG, Times and Guardian) and 75th internationally (our highest ever placements), ensured a significantly improved department research reputation including strong REF2021 submission, and accomplished National Student Survey results at the very forefront of the University. He earned his PhD from the Warwick Business School, and is a qualified chartered accountant, prestigious elected Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) and holds a first-class accounting degree. His research, teaching and consulting covers accounting, auditing and accountability with a specific focus on the public sector where he is a very well recognized world-leading expert in public financial management.

• Management Accounting
• Performance Measurement
• Accountability and Transparency
• Practice Theory
• Field Study Methods (primarily within public sector contexts)

• Accounting Department
• Institute for Local Governance
• Organisations and Society

Authored book

• Murphy, P., Ferry, L., Glennon, R. & Greenhalgh, K. (2019). Public Service Accountability: Rekindling a debate. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
• L, Ferry, I, Saliterer I, Steccolini, & B, Tucker, (2018). The Research-Practice Gap on Accounting in the Public Services. Palgrave McMillan.

Book review

• Ferry, L. (2017). David Dewar and Warwick Funnell, A history of British National Audit: the pursuit of accountability. Local Government Studies 43(4): 690-691.

Chapter in book

• Ferry, Laurence & Midgley, Henry (2023). Institutional Entrepreneurship in a Supreme Audit Institution: The National Audit Office and the use of data in financial audit. In The Routledge Handbook of Public Sector Accounting. Rana, Tarek & Parker, Lee New York: Routledge.
• Andrews, R. & Ferry, L. (2023). Municipal Corporations in England and Wales: A Tale of Two Countries. In Corporatization In Local Government: Context, Evidence and Perspectives from 19 Countries. Andrews, R., van Genugten, M., Papenfuβ, U., Torsteinsen, H. & Voorn, B. London: Palgrave. 49-72.
• Ferry, Laurence, Ruggiero, Pasquale & Midgley, Henry (2022). The why, who and what of public sector auditing. In Auditing Practices in Local Governments: An International Comparison. Ferry, Laurence & Ruggiero, Pasquale Emerald. 1-12.
• Ferry, Laurence, Midgley, Henry & Murphie, Aileen (2022). Local Government Auditing in England. In Auditing Practices in Local Governments: An International Comparison. Ferry, Laurence & Ruggiero, Pasquale Bingley: Emerald. 57-64.
• Ferry, Laurence, Ruggiero, Pasquale & Midgley, Henry (2022). Where is Public Sector Auditing: A Comparative Analysis. In Auditing Practices in Local Governments: An International Comparison. Ferry, Laurence & Ruggiero, Pasquale Emerald. 149-159.
• Ferry, L. & Murphy, P. (2018). Local Government under Austerity, Narrowing the Accountability Landscape in England. In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Farazmand, Ali Cham: Springer. 3829-3835.
• Murphy, P. & Ferry, L. (2017). Another Turn of the Screw: Fire and Rescue Under the Coalition Government of 2010–2015. In Fire and Rescue Services: Leadership and Management Perspectives. Murphy, P. & Greenhalgh, K. Cham: Springer. 45-59.
• Eckersley, P. & Ferry, L. (2016). Accountable to whom? Data transparency, depoliticisation and the myth of the market in English local government. In Local Governments in the Digital Era: Looking for Accountability. Cuadrado-Ballesteros, Beatriz & García-Sánchez, Isabel María Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers.
• Zakaria, Z., Zakaria, Z. & Ferry, L. (2014). The application of social theory of practices in accounting literature. In University Malaya Press.

Edited book

• Ferry, Laurence & Ruggiero, Pasquale (2022). Auditing Practices in Local Governments: An International Comparison. Emerald Studies in Public Service Accounting and Accountability. Emerald.

Journal Article

• Ferry, Laurence, Hamid, Khalid & Hebling Dutra, Paula (2023). An international comparative study of the audit and accountability arrangements of Supreme Audit Institutions. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management
• Grossi, Giuseppe, Steccolini, Ileana, Adhikari, Pawan, Brown, Judy, Christensen, Mark, Cordery, Carolyn, Ferry, Laurence, Lassou, Philippe, McDonald III, Bruce, Raudla, Ringa, Sicilia, Mariafrancesca & Vinnari, Eija (2023). The future of public sector accounting research. A polyphonic debate. Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management 20(1): 1-37.
• Ferry, L. He, G. & Yang, C. (2023). How do executive pay and its gap with employee pay influence corporate performance? Evidence from Thailand tourism listed companies. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights 6(1): 362-381.
• Eckersley, P., Flynn, A., Ferry, L. & Lakoma, K. (2023). Austerity, political control and supplier selection in English local government: implications for autonomy in multi-level systems. Public Management Review 25(1): 1-21.
• Sandu, Raluca, Zelinschi, Dragos & Ferry, Laurence (2023). Struggles in the accounting arena: a geopolitical reading of Romanian accounting reforms. Accounting History 28(1): 143–169.
• Ferry, Laurence, Funnell, Warwick & Oldroyd, David (2023). A genealogical and archaeological examination of the development of corporate governance and disciplinary power in English local government c.1970-2010. Accounting, Organizations and Society
• Ferry, Laurence, Midgley, Henry & Green, Stuart (2023). Accountability, emergency and liberty during COVID-19 in the UK 2020-22. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal
• Ferry, L., Midgley, H. & Ruggiero, P. (2022). Regulatory space in local government audit: An international comparative study of twenty countries. Public Money and Management
• Ahrens, Thomas & Ferry, Laurence (2022). Accounting, hybrids, and hybridity - attending to the value dimension in institutional logics. Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management 19(5): 696-715.
• Coyle, H. & Ferry, L. (2022). Financial resilience! A comparative study of three lower tier authorities in England. Financial Accountability and Management 38(4): 686-702.
• Ferry, L., Radcliffe, V.S. & Steccolini, I. (2022). The Future of Public Audit. Financial Accountability and Management 38(3): 325-336.
• Andrews, R., Clifton, J. & Ferry, L. (2022). Corporatization of Public Services. Public Administration 100(2): 179-192.
• Ferry, L., Midgley, H., Murphie, A. & Sandford, M. (2022). Auditing governable space - A Study of Place-Based Accountability in England. Financial Accountability and Management
• Ferry, L. & Sandford, M. (2022). Developing ‘place leadership’ when hierarchical accountability is omnipresent: the case of English sub-national government. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management 34(4): 557-565.
• Eckersley, Peter Flynn, Anthony Lakoma, Katarzyna & Ferry, Laurence (2022). Public procurement as a policy tool: The territorial dimension. Regional Studies
• Ferry, L. & Slack, R (2022). (Counter) accounting for hybrid organising: A case of the Great Exhibition of the North. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal 35(3): 681-705.
• Ferry, L. & Eckersley, P. (2022). Budgeting and governing for deficit reduction in the UK public sector: Act four—risk management arrangements. Public Money & Management 42(6): 365-367.
• Ferry, L. & Ahrens, T. (2022). The future of the regulatory space in local government audit: A comparative study of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Financial Accountability and Management 38(3): 376-393.
• Ferry, L. & Eckersley, P. (2022). Budgeting and governing for deficit reduction in the UK public sector: Act four—risk management arrangements. Public Money & Management, 2022 CIPFA Fellows’ Digest
• Ferry, Laurence & Midgley, Henry (2022). The (in)completeness of Whole of Government Accounts in accounting for democracy - A UK experience. Public Money and Management
• Andrews, R. & Ferry, L. (2021). Political control and audit fees: an empirical analysis of local state-owned enterprises in England. Public Money and Management
• Ferry, L. & Midgley H. (2021). Democracy, accountability and audit: the creation of the UK NAO as a defence of liberty. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 35(2): 413-438.
• Ferry, L., Hardy, C. & Midgley, H. (2021). Data, trust, democracy and Covid-19: the first parliamentary assessment of the UK government’s approach to data during the pandemic. Public Money & Management 41(8): 676-678.
• Ahrens, T. & Ferry, L. (2021). Accounting and accountability practices in times of crisis: A Foucauldian perspective on the UK government’s response to COVID-19 for England. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal 34(6): 1332-1344.
• Green, Stuart & Ferry, Laurence (2021). The impact of accounting disturbances on organizational micro-practices in the schools’ sector in England. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 34(4): 904-922.
• Ferry, Laurence Honeysett, Larry & Midgley, Henry (2021). Holding the Government to Account for its Finances: The ‘Unsung’ Heroes of the UK Parliament Scrutiny Unit. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management 33(2): 109-113.
• Ferry, L., Hardy, C. & Midgley, H. (2021). An update to Data, trust, democracy and Covid-19: the first parliamentary assessment of the UK government’s approach to data during the pandemic. Public Money and Management 2021 CIPFA Fellows’ Digest
• Ferry, L.,, Haslam, J.,, Green, S.,, Adegbite, E., & Gebreiter, F. (2021). Accounting Colonization, Emancipation and Instrumental Compliance in Nigeria. Critical Perspectives on Accounting 77: 102201.
• Ahrens, Thomas & Ferry, Laurence (2021). Debate: What support should local government expect from accounting during a sudden crisis such as Covid-19? Public Money & Management 41(1): 12-14.
• Ahrens, Thomas & Ferry, Laurence (2020). Financial resilience of English local government in the aftermath of COVID-19. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management 32(5): 813-823.
• Adegbite, E.,, Amaeshi, K.,, Nakpodia, F.,, Ferry, L., & Yekini, K. C (2020). Corporate Social Responsibility Strategies in Nigeria: A Tinged Shareholder Model. Corporate Governance 20(5): 797-820.
• Ahrens, T., Ferry, L. & Khalifa, R. (2020). Governmentality and counter-conduct: A field study of accounting amidst concurrent and competing rationales and programmes. Management Accounting Research 48: 100686.
• Tucker, B., Ferry, L., Steccolini, I. & Saliterer, I. (2020). The practical relevance of public sector accounting research; time to take a stand – A response to van Helden. Public Money and Management 40(1): 5-7.
• Eckersley, P. & Ferry, L. (2020). Public service outsourcing: the implications of ‘known unknowns’ and ‘unknown unknowns’ for accountability and policymaking. Public Money & Management 40(1): 72-80.
• Ferry, L, Andrews, R, Skelcher, C & Wegorowski, P (2020). Corporatization in the public sector: Explaining the growth of local government companies. Public Administration Review 80(3): 482-493.
• Ferry, L. & Eckersley, P. (2020). Hybridizing the institutional logics of performance improvement and budgetary stewardship in English and Welsh local government. Public Policy and Administration 35(1): 45-64.
• Tucker, Basil Ferry, Laurence Steccolini, Ileana & Saliterer, Iris (2020). Taking a stand for the practical relevance of public sector accounting research. CIPFA Fellows' Digest
• Ferry, L., Ahrens, T. & Khalifa, R. (2019). Public value, institutional logics and practice variation during austerity localism at Newcastle City Council. Public Management Review 21(1): 96-115.
• Ferry, L., Andrews, R., Skelcher, C. & Wegorowski, P. (2018). New development: Corporatization of local authorities in England in the wake of austerity 2010–2016. Public Money and Management 38(6): 477480.
• Eckersley, P., England, K. & Ferry, L. (2018). Sustainable development in cities: collaborating to improve urban climate resilience and develop the business case for adaptation. Public Money & Management 38(5): 335-344.
• Ahrens, T., Ferry, L. & Khalifa, R. (2018). The hybridising of financial and service expertise in English local authority budget control: A practice perspective. Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management 15(3): 341-357.
• Ferry, L. & Lehman, G. (2018). Trends in Corruption, Environmental, Ethical and Social Accounting. Accounting Forum 42(1): 1-2.
• Ferry, L. & Eckersley, P. (2018). Debate: Brexit and local government in England – the challenges ahead. Public Money and Management 38(3): 163-166.
• Ferry, L., Zakaria, Z., Zakaria, Z. & Slack, R. (2018). Framing public governance in Malaysia: Rhetorical appeals through accrual accounting. Accounting Forum 42(2): 170-183.
• Ferry, L. & Murphy, P. (2018). What about Financial Sustainability of Local Government!—A Critical Review of Accountability, Transparency, and Public Assurance Arrangements in England during Austerity. International Journal of Public Administration 41(8): 619-629.
• Ahrens, T. & Ferry, L. (2018). Institutional entrepreneurship, practice memory, and cultural memory: Choice and creativity in the pursuit of endogenous change of local authority budgeting. Management Accounting Research 38: 12-21.
• Ferry, L., Zakaria, Z., Zakaria, Z. & Slack, R. (2017). Watchdogs, Helpers or Protectors? – Internal Auditing in Malaysian Local Government. Accounting Forum 41(4): 375-389.
• Ferry, L. & Ahrens, T. (2017). Using management control to understand public sector corporate governance changes: localism, public interest, and enabling control in an English local authority. Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change 13(4): 548-567.
• Ferry, L., Coombs, H. & Eckersley, P. (2017). Budgetary stewardship, innovation and working culture: Identifying the missing ingredient in English and Welsh local authorities’ recipes for austerity management. Financial Accountability and Management 33(2): 220-243.
• Murphy, P., Eckersley, P. & Ferry, L. (2017). Accountability and Transparency: Police Forces in England and Wales. Public Policy and Administration 32(3): 197-213.
• Ferry, L. & Eckersley, P. (2017). Debate: Freedom, power and capacity—analysing the fallout from the UK’s ‘Brexit’ referendum. Public Money and Management 37(1): 2-3.
• Ferry, L. (2016). Are local freedoms at risk? The Municipal Journal 24.
• Gebreiter, G. & Ferry, L. (2016). Accounting and the 'insoluble' problem of health-care costs. European Accounting Review 25(4): 719-733.
• Ferry, L. (2016). Seeking value in a privatised world. The Municipal Journal 22.
• Ferry, L. & Eckersley, P. (2016). Debate: Climate change and 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) Paris—addressing the ‘ultimate’ wicked issue. Public Money and Management 36(4): 241-242.
• Ferry, L., Eckersley, P. & van Dooren, W. (2015). Local taxation and spending as a share of GDP in large Western European countries. Environment and Planning A 47(9): 1779-1780.
• Ahrens, T. & Ferry, L. (2015). Newcastle City Council and the grassroots: Accountability and budgeting under austerity. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 28(6): 909-933.
• Ferry, L., Eckersley, P. & Zakaria, Z. (2015). Accountability and transparency in English local government: Moving from ‘matching parts’ to ‘awkward couple’? Financial Accountability and Management 31(3): 345-361.
• Ferry, L. & Eckersley, P. (2015). Budgeting and governing for deficit reduction in the UK public sector: act three ‘accountability and audit arrangements’. Public Money and Management 35(3): 203-210.
• Ferry, L. & Scarparo, S. (2015). An era of governance through performance management – New Labour's National Health Service from 1997 to 2010. Accounting History Review 25(3): 219-238.
• Ferry, L., Murphy, P., Zakaria, Z. & Zakaria, Z. (2015). Implementing Key Performance Indicators in a government agency: A typical story? Journal of Finance and Management in the Public Services 14(2).
• Ferry, L. & Eckersley, P. (2015). Accountability and transparency: A nuanced response to Etzioni. Public Administration Review 75(1): 11-12.
• Ferry, L., Zakaria, Z. & Eckersley, P. (2014). The role of budget speech: A Malaysian government study. International Journal of Public Sector Management 27(7): 564-580.
• Eckersley, P., Ferry, L. & Zakaria, Z. (2014). A ‘panoptical’ or ‘synoptical’ approach to monitoring performance? Local public services in England and the widening accountability gap. Critical Perspectives on Accounting 25(6): 529-538.
• Ferry, L. & Eckersley, P. (2012). Budgeting and governing for deficit reduction in the UK public sector: Act two 'The annual budget'. Public Money and Management 32(2): 119-126.
• Ferry, L. & Eckersley, P. (2011). Budgeting and governing for deficit reduction in the UK public sector: Act one ‘The comprehensive spending review'. Journal of Finance and Management in the Public Services 10(1): 14-23.
• Ferry, L. (2011). Managing organizational culture for effective internal control: From practice to theory. The British Accounting Review 43(2): 147-148.

Newspaper/Magazine Article

• Ferry, L. (2017). We need better ways of assessing value for money. Local Government Chronicle
• Ferry, L. (2017). Brexit gives regions a real chance to bridge the prosperity gap. The Municipal Journal
• Ferry, L. (2016). Devolution Response. Richardson, A. The North East needs Tory action, not soundbites, The Northern Echo
• Ferry, L. (2016). Budget Response. Jowett, A. Budget 2016: The Reaction, Local Government Executive
• Ferry, L. (2015). Spending Review and Autumn Statement Response. Tallentire, M. More police cash and tax credits u-turn welcomed, but has Chancellor ‘all but ignored’ Teesside? Durham Advertiser
• Ferry, L. (2015). Spending Review 2015: Durham University Response. Government Opportunities
• Ferry, L. (2010). Accounting, control and performance in local government: Ten key findings, CIPFA Performance Improvement Network. Pinpoint (Issue 12 (Summer).).

Other (Digital/Visual Media)

• Eckersley, P. & Ferry, L. (2018). What challenges does Brexit pose for Local Government in England. Blog at Local Government Reserch Unit (LGRU) Leicester de Montfort, 14th February, http://lgru.our.dmu.ac.uk/blog/ .
• Ferry, L. (2018). Future of Local Government Funding and Council Tax Rises. BBC News, 16th January..
• Ferry, L., Steccolini, I. & O'Thomas, M. (2017). The Austerity Playbook, Theatre Jazz Musical.
• Ferry, L. (2017). Local Public Accountability in a Post Brexit World, Animated on-line video. Video.
• Ferry, L., Steccolini, I. & O'Thomas. M (2017). The Austerity Playbook, Interviews with researchers and actors.

Other (Print)

• Wylie, I. & Ferry, L. (2018). Making drama out of a crisis. 52-53.

Report

• Ferry, Laurence & Midgley, Henry (2023). Evidence submission to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee inquiry into financial reporting and audit in local authorities. Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee: UK Parliament.
• Ferry, Laurence & Midgley, Henry (2023). Timeliness of local auditor reporting on local government in England. Public Accounts Committee: UK Parliament.
• Ferry, Laurence, Murphie, Aileen & Midgley, Henry (2023). Ministerial Directions. Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee 2023.
• Ferry, L., Gordon, J., Hamid, K., Hebling Dutra, P., do Santos Danni, L., Costa Lima, M. & Maranhão, A. (2022). Global Voice: ASOSAI Regional Paper (ASIA). International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI).
• Ferry, L., Gordon, J., Hamid, K., Hebling Dutra, P., do Santos Danni, L., Costa Lima, M. & Maranhão, A. (2022). Global Voice: ARABOSAI Regional Paper (MIDDLE EAST and North Africa). International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI).
• Ferry, L., Gordon, J., Hamid, K., Hebling Dutra, P., do Santos Danni, L., Costa Lima, M. & Maranhão, A. (2022). Global Voice: EUROSAI Regional Paper (EUROPE). International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI).
• Ferry, L., Gordon, J., Hamid, K., Hebling Dutra, P., do Santos Danni, L., Costa Lima, M. & Maranhão, A. (2022). Global Voice: AFROSAI Regional Paper (AFRICA). International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI).
• Ferry, L., Gordon, J., Hamid, K., Hebling Dutra, P. & Maranhão, A. (2022). Global Voice: Audit and Accountability Arrangements of Supreme Audit Institutions. International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI).
• Ferry, L., Gordon, J., Hamid, K., Hebling Dutra, P., do Santos Danni, L., Costa Lima, M. & Maranhão, A. (2022). Global Voice: OLACEFS Regional Paper (LATIN AMERICAN and CARIBBEAN). International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI).
• Ferry, L. (2019). Audit and Inspection of Local Authorities in England: Five years after the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee, House of Commons, Parliament, UK, p. 1 – 56, July 2019.
• Eckersley, Peter, Murphy, Pete & Ferry, Laurence (2019). Local Government Finance and the 2019 Spending Review inquiry. House of Commons committee on Housing, Communities and Local Government.
• Ferry, L. (2018). Financial Sustainability of Local Authorities. Written Evidence to Public Accounts Committee. London, House of Commons Public Accounts Committee.
• Ferry, L. (2018). Response to Centre for Public Scrutiny Consultation Paper on Local Public Accounts Committees. London, Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS).
• Ferry, L. (2017). Oral Evidence on Brexit and Local Government. Parliament House of Commons Communities and Local Government Select Committee. London, Parliamentlive.tv.
• Ferry, L. (2017). Written evidence submitted to the Communities and Local Government Inquiry on Overview and Scrutiny in Local Government. London, House of Commons Public Accounts Committee.
• Ferry, L., Gebreiter, F. & Murphy, P. (2017). Written evidence submitted to the Public Accounts Committee on Financial Sustainability of the NHS. London, House of Commons Public Accounts Committee.
• Ferry, L. (2017). Local government and Brexit. Communities and Local Government Select Committee.
• Ferry, L. (2017). Additional Evidence to the Communities and Local Government Inquiry on Overview and Scrutiny in Local Government.
• Ferry, L. (2017). Evidence to the Citizenship and Civic Engagement Committee. House of Lords.
• Ferry, L. (2016). The Financial Sustainability of Local Authorities Written evidence submitted to the Public Accounts Committee. London, House of Commons Public Accounts Committee.
• Ferry, L. (2016). Evidence to the Inquiry on Local Authorities and Commissioners. Parliament’s Communities and Local Government Committee.
• Ferry, L. (2016). Written Evidence to the Scrutiny of the Government's Supply Estimates. Parliament's Procedure Committee. London, House of Commons Select Committee.
• Ferry, L. (2016). Financial and Service Sustainability of Local Authorities – Evidence. (In Local Government and Select Committee). Government interventions: the use of Commissioners in Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, House of Commons.
• Ferry, L. & Eckersley, P. (2016). Evidence to the Kerslake Review of Her Majesty’s Treasury.
• Ferry, L. & Gebreiter, F. (2016). NHS Sustainability Evidence. London, House of Lords Select Committee.
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