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FINANCE
Cuts have hit council financial information, report finds
By Neil Merrick | 22 August 2025
Councillors and members of the public are not being presented with accurate or easy to understand...
SCRUTINY
'Blindsided' councillors back scrutiny improvements
By Joe Lepper | 01 August 2025
Councillors have backed measures to improve Cardiff Capital Region’s scrutiny process, including ...
DEVOLUTION
Future-proofing devolution
By Professor John Denham | 14 July 2025
Devolution will need strong statutory underpinning and a long-term, cross-departmental ambition i...
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Citizen engagement: a new paradigm for local government
By Jason Lowther | 01 July 2025
Citizen engagement is sometimes treated as something at the margins of decision-making, but a new...
SCRUTINY
Grenfell: Restorative scrutiny 'could help all councils'
By Ann McGauran | 26 June 2025
A restorative scrutiny approach aimed at helping rebuild trust after the Grenfell tragedy could h...
SCRUTINY
Rebuilding trust is everybody's business
By Sarah Castell | 26 June 2025
Restorative approaches developed after the Grenfell tragedy are relevant everywhere, argue Dawn P...
SCRUTINY
Creating space to listen
By Joe Philp | 26 June 2025
Eight years on from the Grenfell tragedy, Callum Wilson and Joe Philp reflect on what Kensington ...
POLITICS
Yusuf returns to Reform to lead DOGE team
By William Eichler | 09 June 2025
Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf will return to the party to run its team tasked with scrutinising council f...
FINANCE
Standing up for scrutiny
By Ann McGauran | 04 June 2025
Jo Armstrong of the Accounts Commission talks to Ann McGauran about why councils north of the bor...
WHITEHALL
Time for Government to inspire confidence with policies
By Paul Marinko | 15 May 2025
Whitehall is right to be keen to strengthen scrutiny as powers for regional mayors expand, writes...
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- EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs push for councils to be viewed equally as Government seeks to rewire the state
- Local government reorganisation: Financial sustainability amid uncertainty
- Local government reorganisation: Keeping services options open
- Calls for all councils to develop unique place-based growth plans
- Social care vacancies at decade low but recruitment growth slows
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