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FINANCE

Rebuilding Slough's finances

By Ian O'Donnell | 13 August 2026

Slough BC’s finances have been on a slow road to recovery. Ian O’Donnell looks at how far the council has come, and what it says about rebuilding assurance across local government.

EXCLUSIVE: Independent assurance panel fails to update council progress

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2026

An independent assurance panel formed to ‘support, challenge and advise’ Cheshire East Council’s ...

AI

Shaping standards for public sector AI

By Viviana Bastidas | 15 January 2026

Local government is under increasing pressure to adopt AI-based tools to improve delivery, but sy...

SOCIAL CARE

The cost of improvement in children's social care

By William Burns | 02 December 2025

William Burns says that improvement to children’s social care is both complex, costly and long te...

ASSURANCE

Reflecting on CQC Inspection and Sector-Wide Accountability

By Rachael Shimmin | 11 September 2025

Buckinghamshire’s CQC inspection sparked valuable learning—but also raises big questions about in...

NCASC 24

Facing the future of local authority assessment

By Jon Wilson | 28 November 2024

While the journey towards local authority assurance has brought some welcome benefits, difficult ...

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