FINANCE

Middlesbrough agrees to independent improvement advisory board

By Dan Peters | 04 September 2023

Middlesbrough Council has agreed to have an independent improvement advisory board for a year fro...

HEALTH

The reality of council finances remain: the system is broken

By Heather Jameson | 16 August 2023

What is surprising is the IFS report which concluded that council funding is broken was commissio...

DATA

Keeping the hares in their bushes

By Tracie Langley | 16 August 2023

Cornwall Council's biggest challenge will be to ensure the data used by the DLUHC to create the c...

IMPROVEMENT

Sheffield's fresh start aims to rebuild trust

By Heather Jameson | 15 August 2023

After the tree felling scandal, Sheffield is determined to move on as a city and a council, and t...

BUSINESS

Scandal-hit firm reports losses

By Mark Conrad | 14 August 2023

A firm at the centre of a residential care abuse scandal has reported operating losses of £5.8m f...

FINANCE

Good governance: A critical part of a local authority's DNA

By Tiffany Cloynes | 14 August 2023

At a time of unprecedented pressure, Tiffany Cloynes looks at how to make governance and collecti...

OFSTED

Statutory direction for Slough BC

By Martin Ford | 08 August 2023

Slough BC has received a statutory direction from the Government after failing to improve its ser...

FINANCE

Best Value notice for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

By Martin Ford | 03 August 2023

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council has been issued with a Best Value notice after ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: LGA stance on corporate peer challenges starts to shift

By Dan Peters | 31 July 2023

Elements of the Local Government Association (LGA) are privately moving towards accepting that co...

FINANCE

Hastings' financial controls 'not fully developed'

By Dan Peters | 31 July 2023

Senior Hastings BC councillors will be urged next week to ‘bring in and embed more stringent fina...

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