FINANCE

Section 114s: where are we headed next?

By Rob Whiteman CBE | 31 July 2023

After a spate of councils issuing section 114 notices, Rob Whiteman looks at what has been done s...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Who would you rather was holding the mirror up to your council?

By Kathy O’Leary | 31 July 2023

The LGA has responded to criticisms of corporate peer challenges by strengthening its offer to pr...

FINANCE

There's still a long way to go to solve the audit issue

By Heather Jameson | 18 July 2023

Heather Jameson says local government minister Lee Rowley's proposals for dealing with the audit ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Time for reflection on council failures

By Graeme McDonald | 17 July 2023

We should all recognise the need to improve standards in public life more broadly, not least as l...

WHITEHALL

Call for Oflog independence

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2023

The Government should grant its new performance body Oflog the ‘independence it will need to succ...

WHITEHALL

Morse: Peer review not designed to prevent major council failure

By Dan Peters | 06 July 2023

Peer review is ‘not designed’ to prevent major council failures, the chair of the new local gover...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Oflog should be the start of trust and devolution

By Heather Jameson | 04 July 2023

Secretary of state Michael Gove launched Oflog to the Local Government Association conference. It...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Minister: Oflog won't spot every council failure

By Dan Peters | 04 July 2023

In his speech to the Local Government Association conference this week, levelling up secretary Mi...

WHITEHALL

Level measures

By Jonathan Werran | 04 July 2023

Localis’s research into the potential for public service integration to underpin the delivery of ...

LEGISLATION

Man on a mission

By Heather Jameson | 04 July 2023

The Local Government Association’s new chair Cllr Shaun Davies says the old ways of doing things ...

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Head of Community Cohesion

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Brighton & Hove City Council

Principal Planning Officer

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Fenland District Council

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