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INTERVENTION
Intervention at Slough set to be extended
By Martin Ford | 22 October 2024
Slough Council is facing an extension to Government intervention due to ‘volatility’ in its finan...
IMPROVEMENT
When the letter drops
By Graham Farrant | 19 September 2024
Graham Farrant charts BCP Council’s journey to overcoming the challenges of being issued with a B...
BEST VALUE
Best Value Notices lifted for three authorities
By Martin Ford | 09 September 2024
Three authorities are no longer operating under Best Value Notices, the Government has confirmed.
DIGITAL
Audit warning over councils' digital ambitions
By Martin Ford | 15 August 2024
Councils are taking risks as they turn to technology to ease financial pressures, Audit Wales has...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Tower Hamlets Best Value Inspection extended
By Mark Conrad | 28 May 2024
The Best Value Inspection (BVI) team at Tower Hamlets LBC has extended its work to include the co...
IMPROVEMENT
Suite support from the LGA
By Cllr Abi Brown | 21 May 2024
Cllr Abi Brown highlights the range of support services offered by the Local Government Associati...
FINANCE
Could the beating stick be used to point out councils' efficiencies?
By Heather Jameson | 15 May 2024
While local government focuses on the stick used to beat it, where is the carrot?, asks Heather J...
FINANCE
Best Value inspections to examine debt concerns
By Martin Ford | 08 May 2024
Spelthorne and Warrington BCs are facing Best Value inspections amid concerns over debt levels at...
IMPROVEMENT
Commissioners to depart Liverpool
By Martin Ford | 08 May 2024
Commissioners at Liverpool City Council are to hand all remaining powers back to the authority an...
FINANCE
Auditors concerned by slow transformation
By Mark Conrad | 27 March 2024
Scotland’s Accounts Commission is ‘extremely concerned’ by slow transformation at Moray Council, ...
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