Pod-on-the-Parish - John Fagan

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The Journey of a Locum Clerk

Season 3 · Episode 4

Wednesday, August 19, 2026 • Duration 43:24

Lee Jakeman has walked into councils cold and found nobody who knows the laptop password, the bank login, or whether the council is even quorate. Fifteen years a town clerk and now a locum, he shares what the first week really looks like, how to give advice that protects you, and the legacy every clerk is writing right now.

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Bonus: The Proper Practices Rewrite — What Changes for 27/28

Season 3

Monday, August 17, 2026 • Duration 12:41

The Proper Practices are being rewritten. Claire Reed of NALC sets out what's changing — a new governance assertion, a code of practice for internal audit, and an accounts form that splits your reserves in two. A short bonus extract from Episode 16, published while the consultation is open.

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Inside the New Digital AGAR (and a Pool Party Before the Podcast)

Season 3 · Episode 3

Friday, August 14, 2026 • Duration 49:49

The AGAR is going digital. Lance Allan of SAAA walks through the new online submission portal ahead of its 26/27 launch, and Claire Reed of NALC sets out what's changing in the Proper Practices rewrite — including the variance rules that will stop you guessing what auditors want.

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Martyn's Law, Without the Panic (and a Motorbike Trip with Dad)

Season 3 · Episode 2

Monday, July 13, 2026 • Duration 39:38

Martyn's Law sounds daunting — but for most parish and town councils the response is far smaller than the panic suggests. Alex Jay of Little Green Button cuts through the jargon on who's in scope, the tiers, and what a proportionate, low-cost plan actually looks like.

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James Corrigan on the Employment Rights Act (and a Stitch in Time)

Season 3 · Episode 1

Friday, July 10, 2026 • Duration 41:26

Employment law's biggest shake-up in a generation is here. HR specialist James Corrigan explains what the Employment Rights Act 2025 means for parish, town and community councils — from six-month unfair dismissal rights to the rise of AI-generated tribunal claims — and the practical steps to get ahead of it.

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From Submission to Sign-Off: Preparing for External Auditor Queries

Season 2 · Episode 10

Friday, July 3, 2026 • Duration 34:05

Eleanor Greene — returning from Episode 3 — on what happens after you submit the AGAR: how to navigate external audit queries, explain variances, handle Assertion 10, and come out with a clean sign-off rather than a stressful summer.

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Ponies, Pigs, and Parish Councils: Life in the New Forest National Park

Season 2 · Episode 9

Tuesday, June 30, 2026 • Duration 28:23

Dr Gale Pettifer — Clerk & Proper Officer at Brockenhurst Parish Council and a practicing commoner with ponies roaming the New Forest — on what it's really like to manage a council where the residents include free-roaming livestock and a thousand years of ancient land rights.

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Accounting Basics for Clerks & RFOs (and a Sideline in Playmobil)

Season 2 · Episode 8

Monday, June 29, 2026 • Duration 39:51

Hannah Driver — Head Accountant at Scribe and an eight-year veteran of town and parish council finance — strips the jargon out of local council accounting: the cashbook that underpins everything, receipts-and-payments vs income-and-expenditure, VAT and Form 126, the asset register, and getting your reserves right.

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Talking AI and the Future of Local Councils

Season 2 · Episode 7

Friday, June 26, 2026 • Duration 56:48

Something a bit different: a seven-strong panel on where AI takes parish and town councils over the next decade — automation, the changing clerk role, guardrails and hallucinations, data and GDPR, and keeping the human touch. Built on the ERNLLCA AI article series.

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Jamie Charters on Investing Council Funds (and a Word Called Meraki)

Season 2 · Episode 6

Thursday, June 25, 2026 • Duration 33:04

Jamie Charters — Client Relationship Manager at CCLA Investment Management and a 25-year lifer in the public-sector investment space — on what to do with the reserves. Why diversification beats a single bank account, how the Public Sector Deposit Fund handles security, liquidity and yield, and why 'safety first' doesn't have to mean 0.5%.

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