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BEST VALUE
Basildon gets Best Value notice as chief prepares to leave
By Paul Marinko | 15 July 2026
Ministers have issued Basildon BC with a Best Value notice and the Essex authority’s chief executive is preparing to leave and join a London borough.
ACCOUNTS COMMISSION
Council urged to communicate better with residents
By Neil Merrick | 05 June 2026
A Scottish council has been urged to communicate more effectively with residents over financial s...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG working to overhaul Best Value
By Dan Peters | 14 May 2026
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is working on a review and upda...
MAYORS
Ministers still unconvinced by Tees Valley's Best Value
By Paul Marinko | 27 April 2026
The Government has said it continues to require assurances that Tees Valley Combined Authority (T...
PERFORMANCE
Can South Cambridgeshire's four-day week case be broadened into an argument?
By Abdool Kara | 22 April 2026
Abdool Kara does not question the data South Cambridgeshire has produced in favour of a four-day ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Lack of transparency blamed for Best Value 'mistrust'
By Joe Lepper | 24 March 2026
A lack of transparency in the Best Value system has ‘led to mistrust’ among councils around the G...
POLICY AND POLITICS
MHCLG tightens intervention in Tower Hamlets
By William Eichler | 20 March 2026
The Government has strengthened its intervention in Tower Hamlets LBC after accusations the counc...
INTERVENTION
Minister orders review at Slough after 'slow progress'
By Martin Ford | 05 March 2026
Ministers have ordered an external review into Slough BC due to the ‘slow pace of progress’ in tu...
INTERVENTION
Bedford to get Best Value Inspection and Spelthorne with work to do
By Paul Marinko | 11 February 2026
Bedford BC is to undergo a best value inspection, while government commissioners at struggling Sp...
INTERVENTION
EXCLUSIVE: Tower Hamlets improving but risk of 'optimism bias'
By Paul Marinko | 04 December 2025
Tower Hamlets LBC has improved and continues to show ‘strong financial management’ but a tendency...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Intervention cost hits £9.5m
By Dan Peters | 30 October 2025
Councils have been forced to shell out £9.5m on Government intervention over the last four years,...
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