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EXCLUSIVE: 'It's time for a new Audit Commission'

By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 12 April 2023

An ex-senior mandarin has today called for a new Audit Commission as The MJ reveals the draft met...

Call for air quality consultation extension

By Dan Peters | 12 April 2023

A network of local leaders has called for the Government to extend its consultation on how counci...

Closure for LGA's commercial joint ventures vehicle

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2023

The vehicle for commercial joint ventures for the Local Government Association (LGA) has applied ...

Oflog should look at council effectiveness, says accountancy body

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2023

The industry body for accountants has called for the new local government watchdog to play a key ...

Experts' warning over audit deadlines

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2023

September’s deadline for local audits ‘will not be achievable’ unless swift measures are taken to...

Councils ponder TikTok use after bans

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2023

Councils are weighing up whether to continue using TikTok after the Cabinet Office and Local Gove...

Oflog 'could help strengthen local government accountability'

By Dan Peters | 06 April 2023

The executive Mayor of beleaguered Croydon has suggested the Government’s new local government wa...

EXCLUSIVE: Government monitoring Tower Hamlets after chief's sudden departure

By Dan Peters | 03 April 2023

The Government has revealed it is ‘monitoring the situation’ at Tower Hamlets LBC following the s...

Labour pledges to freeze council tax

By Dan Peters | 30 March 2023

Labour’s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged to spend £2.7bn freezing council tax for a y...

Lincolnshire districts back unitary idea

By Ann McGauran | 28 March 2023

A partnership of three district councils has backed the idea of becoming a unitary to help secure...