‘Careful stewardship’ of Essex CC’s finances is behind the authority’s ability to freeze council ...
The council complaints system is under increasing pressure, the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) ...
Considerable investment and a shift in mindset in the housing sector is needed for councils to de...
The number of children at risk of abuse has soared by 80% since 2002, figures released yesterday ...
The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has called for a new public services ombudsman to be given p...
Whitehall inspectors could march into councils that refuse to engage with sector-led improvement ...
A ‘rocky road’ stands in the way of the creation of more combined authorities, an academic has wa...
Senior officials leading national work on the Better Care Fund (BCF) are in the dark about the Go...
Social workers need to defeat the argument that jailing public servants for failing to protect ch...
Councils looking to transform public services could obtain funding by using the new municipal bon...
