Improvement

By Jon Ainger | 17 October 2024

Despite tough conditions, many councils are high performing and delivering for their residents. I...

FINANCE

'Scant' budget report criticised by peer review

By Emily Twinch | 01 October 2024

A finance peer review of East Hertfordshire DC has criticised the lack of information in a budget...

POLICY

INLOGOV hits the mark

By Barry Quirk | 27 September 2024

Barry Quirk welcomes a new report that argues local government should be equipped to deliver, sta...

POLICY

Pushing ahead on performance

By Jason Lowther | 25 September 2024

Jason Lowther says Oflog must operate with a high degree of independence and transparency if it i...

When the letter drops

By Graham Farrant | 19 September 2024

Graham Farrant charts BCP Council’s journey to overcoming the challenges of being issued with a B...

IMPROVEMENT

Peers find 'blurred' responsibilities between officers and members

By Emily Twinch | 16 September 2024

Ashfield DC must resolve issues with the ‘blurred’ responsibilities of members and officers, a re...

IMPROVEMENT

EXCLUSIVE: More than one in three have not published corporate or finance peer challenge in last five years

By Dan Peters | 29 August 2024

The new Government this week came under pressure to take a stronger line on councils that put off...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Cheshire East served with improvement notice

By Martin Ford | 13 August 2024

The Government has issued an improvement notice to Cheshire East Council’s children’s services.

FINANCE

The first steps back

By Heather Jameson | 01 August 2024

Heather Jameson speaks to interim chief Andrew Travers about the current state of local governmen...

AUDIT

Lessons from recent auditors' annual reports

By Guy Clifton | 24 July 2024

Guy Clifton looks at the lessons from nearly 100 recent auditor’s annual reports and highlights t...

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