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SCRUTINY
Council 'failed' to safeguard taxi passengers
By Laura Sharman | 23 June 2016
South Ribble Council had failed to make the safety of taxi passengers a priority when issuing lic...
EDUCATION
Locking out council expertise from schools?
By John O’Brien | 21 June 2016
John O'Brien says local government must ensure improvement in education, no matter who is respons...
FINANCE
Details of £300m grant 'not in the public interest'
By Dan Peters | 21 June 2016
The Government has refused to publish key details about how its £300m transitional grant was allo...
FINANCE
The dog that did not bark
By Graham Chapman | 21 June 2016
After his FOI request on government funding to councils was blocked, Graham Chapman says serious ...
AUDIT
Auditor reports governance failings at Derby City Council
By Sam Clayden | 16 June 2016
Auditor Grant Thornton has highlighted 'significant' governance failings at Derby City Council be...
ELECTIONS
London Assembly to probe Barnet election failings
By Sam Clayden | 15 June 2016
The London Assembly has announced plans to probe the local election day failures in Barnet.
SOCIAL CARE
A focus on social workers
By Chris Squire | 15 June 2016
After inspectors rated Somerset’s children’s services ‘inadequate’, the county council focused it...
FINANCE
What future for local government?
By Dave Smith | 15 June 2016
A group of local authority chief executives recently held a round table discussion chaired by The...
DCLG
A threat to decision making
By Ian Miller | 15 June 2016
Ian Miller identifies worrying trends in the Government's drive towards standardisation of data
SCRUTINY
Held to account
By Norma Atlay | 15 June 2016
Norma Atlay urges local government to respond to a government consultation on strengthening the L...
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