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SCRUTINY
Avoiding failure: time to put scrutiny in the spotlight
30 March 2023
The MJ’s series of articles on avoiding organisational failure continues with a look at scrutiny....
WHITEHALL
Council provided £1m loan amid collapse fears
By Mark Conrad | 27 March 2023
Coventry City Council provided a £1m loan to a failing cultural trust knowing there was a risk of...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Avoiding failure: scanning for risks
01 March 2023
In the latest in a series of articles on how to avoid organisational failure, The MJ examines the...
FINANCE
Thurrock expecting Government bailout
By Mark Conrad | 30 January 2023
Troubled Thurrock Council is expecting £182.5m in Government support to keep key services going w...
WHITEHALL
Future Forum North: Whitehall intervenes 'far too late'
By Dan Peters | 01 December 2022
The self-described ‘poster child of Best Value intervention’ has said Whitehall always wades into...
FINANCE
Are two heads better than one when things go wrong?
By Chris Buss | 17 November 2022
Rather than one ‘Roman God’ tackling external intervention, Chris Buss and Duncan Whitfield say a...
POVERTY
Western Isles Council criticised by Accounts Commission
29 September 2022
Councillors at Western Isles Council must provide leadership and clear priorities if the organisa...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Without a standards system with teeth there is little deterrent
By ByGraeme McDonald | 06 September 2022
The appointment of a new Government presents an opportunity to refocus and set higher expectation...
SCRUTINY
A spotlight on scrutiny
By Ed Hammond | 29 August 2022
Ed Hammond looks at some of the factors that contribute to the effectiveness of scrutiny, and hig...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Leeds denies cover-up over social care grievance
By Dan Peters | 18 July 2022
A senior Leeds City Council member has denied a ‘cover-up’ amid suggestions concerned frontline s...
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