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DEVOLUTION
The devolution scrutiny challenge
By Joe Lepper | 11 November 2026
As mayoral strategic authorities take on new powers and their number is set to grow, is audit and scrutiny robust enough to keep pace and should MPs be involved? Joe Lepper reports.
LOCAL AUDIT
Recovering local audit and improving public spending
By Abdool Kara | 28 October 2026
New audit reforms aim to strengthen assurance, transparency, efficiency and public service outcom...
PERFORMANCE
From performance measurement to action
By Vicky Davis | 01 October 2026
The local outcomes framework could support better performance, but only if it drives clear, accou...
EMERGENCY PLANNING
Planning for the worst
By Martin Ford | 22 September 2026
As the UK faces a myriad of large-scale threats that only grows longer with each passing year, ho...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Temporary accommodation inquiry launched by NAO
By Dan Peters | 11 September 2026
The National Audit Office (NAO) has launched an inquiry into the resilience of temporary accommod...
DEVOLUTION
Rewiring the State: Devolution's next test
By Abdool Kara | 04 September 2026
Abdool Kara considers what radical devolution could mean for local government accountability and ...
DEVOLUTION
Putting dynamism into devolution: defining the challenge
By Mike Emmerich | 20 August 2026
The prize from devolution is not stronger strategic authorities for their own sake, but places ca...
DEVOLUTION
A revolution in devolution?
By Vicky Davis | 01 July 2026
The Government is making good progress in delivering on its devolution ambition, but there are ch...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
By Paul Marinko | 23 June 2026
Ministers have insisted they are ‘on track’ to announce the next tranche of reorganisation decisi...
AUDIT
Government accounts disclaimed over local audit crisis
By Martin Ford | 18 June 2026
The National Audit Office (NAO) has disclaimed the whole of government accounts for the third yea...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Developing strong local partnerships is critical if the Department of Education is to achieve its objectives
By Emma Willson | 08 June 2026
Effective partnerships, clear accountability and stronger evidence are essential if central and l...
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