INTERVENTION
Liverpool strides to walk alone
By Heather Jameson | 18 December 2024
The leader and chief executive of Liverpool City Council talk to Heather Jameson about the authority’s improvement journey and why they are ready for a new focus on public sector reform.
PLANNING
Government changes rules to spot slow planners
By Dan Peters | 17 December 2024
The speed with which councils decide planning applications will be assessed over a shorter time p...
LEGAL
APSE questions efficacy of mass litigation by Thurrock
By Paul Marinko | 28 November 2024
The Association of Public Service Excellence (APSE) has questioned whether Thurrock Council’s ‘ma...
LEGAL
Thurrock v APSE: A tale of two sides
By Paul Marinko | 28 November 2024
As Thurrock Council fights to get its finances back in order it has filed a High Court claim agai...
INTERVENTION
Woking contacts police following auditor report
By Paul Marinko | 27 November 2024
Woking BC has contacted the police after an auditor’s report found officers failure to ensure its...
POLICY AND POLITICS
A 'one off' operator
By Nick Raynsford | 26 November 2024
Nick Raynsford reflects on the ‘rich legacy’ left by John Prescott, including as a driving forc...
AUDIT
Woking's debt hits £2.1bn
By Dan Peters | 20 November 2024
Woking BC’s commissioners have revealed its ‘spiral of debt’ has reached £2.1bn and further inter...
LEGAL
Thurrock lodges High Court claim against APSE councils
By Paul Marinko | 18 November 2024
Debt-ridden Thurrock Council has filed a High Court claim against 23 councils in an escalation of...
GOVERNANCE
Grant Thornton report: Woking's historic governance arrangements 'wholly inadequate'
By Paul Marinko | 05 November 2024
A public interest report into debt-stricken Woking BC has concluded the borough’s governance arra...
INTERVENTION
Intervention at Slough set to be extended
By Martin Ford | 22 October 2024
Slough Council is facing an extension to Government intervention due to ‘volatility’ in its finan...
INTERVENTION
Call for Oflog independence
By Martin Ford | 26 September 2024
Academics have called for an overhaul of the Office for Local Government (Oflog), including makin...
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