HEALTH
Councils must learn from COVID complaints
By Michael Hyatt | 08 March 2022
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s report on the first 18 months of its investigati...
SOCIAL CARE
Dealing with complaints became 'casualty of crisis,' Ombudsman says
By William Eichler | 24 February 2022
COVID-19 ‘magnified stresses’ that councils were already faced with before the pandemic and deali...
SOCIAL CARE
Complaints procedures 'marginalised' by councils
By Martin Ford | 11 January 2022
Local government ombudsman Michael King has raised concerns about how councils handle complaints.
HOUSING
EXCLUSIVE: Ombudsman drive to name and shame councils
By Dan Peters | 06 December 2021
The local government ombudsman wants to ramp up the naming and shaming of councils that fail to a...
FINANCE
Government can't keep 'flying blind' on council finances
By Heather Jameson | 01 December 2021
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is 'licking its fingers and sticking the...
SOCIAL CARE
Call for fresh powers from ombudsman
By Dan Peters | 30 November 2021
England’s local government ombudsman today demands wide-ranging new powers to investigate complai...
COUNCILLORS
Minister eyes council intervention
By Chris Mahony | 02 November 2021
The Northern Ireland communities minister has said she will not hesitate to intervene in troubled...
PLANNING
Ombudsman launches planning probe
By Dan Peters | 01 November 2021
The Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman has launched an investigation into how a council d...
WHITEHALL
Pressure rises on Gove to build social housing
By Dan Peters | 19 October 2021
Pressure was this week mounting on new housing secretary Michael Gove to ramp up the building of ...
FINANCE
Ombudsman: Care system failing to deliver
By Chris Mahony | 28 September 2021
Funding problems rather than individual errors explain a ‘relentless rise’ in the proportion of s...
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