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FINANCE
Authorities react to Best Value notices
By Martin Ford | 26 January 2023
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority and Middlesbrough Council have received Best V...
LEGAL
Peer inspection of statutory officers required
By Heather Jameson | 25 January 2023
Local government should create its own register of statutory officers or risk further failures, M...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Leading the way in youth justice
By Ann McGauran | 25 January 2023
Hammersmith and Fulham LBC has received an ‘Outstanding’ rating for its Youth Justice Service. An...
WHITEHALL
Gove scales up Thurrock intervention
By Mark Conrad | 24 January 2023
Local government secretary Michael Gove has effectively ordered a full intervention of Thurrock C...
WHITEHALL
Minister admits to shifting goalposts on levelling up bids
By Martin Ford | 23 January 2023
A Government minister has admitted to shifting the rules on Levelling Up Fund bids after applicat...
PAY
Time for a social care system refresh
By Paul Marinko | 18 January 2023
Social care is beset by a perfect storm of problems. What needs to change, and are there any chin...
SOCIAL CARE
Sneaking a peek at league tables
By Heather Jameson | 18 January 2023
It will be down to the Government to decide if it wants league tables, says Heather Jameson. 'And...
HOUSING
Birmingham complaints handling 'fundamentally flawed'
By Martin Ford | 17 January 2023
Birmingham City Council has been ordered to overhaul its ‘fundamentally flawed’ complaints proced...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
'Serious and widespread failings' found by Ofsted at Solihull
By Dan Peters | 13 January 2023
‘Serious failings’ identified at Solihull MBC after the death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes have ‘not ...
WHITEHALL
Heslop: Councils are Government funding priority
By Martin Ford | 10 January 2023
Local authorities rival health and education as a funding priority for the Government, a Whitehal...
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- How AI can help UK councils improve resident experience and service delivery
- Can an ordinary citizen actually follow a council decision?
- LGR: We cannot simply hit pause on our services and new initiatives in Breckland
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