Improvement

By Martin Ford | 19 April 2023

Devon CC is to embark on a governance review in a bid to tackle ‘serious, material, well-evidence...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

We need a new Audit Commission

By Lord Bob Kerslake | 12 April 2023

The Mark II version of the Audit Commission should look very different to the first time around. ...

WHITEHALL

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 ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Labour sends in local government improvement boards

By Mark Conrad | 11 April 2023

The Labour Party has mimicked the Local Government Association’s (LGA) peer review process by est...

OFSTED

Kent receives improvement notice for SEND failings

By Martin Ford | 06 April 2023

An improvement notice has been issued to Kent CC after it failed to turn around its special educa...

Review after child sex convictions

06 April 2023

Walsall Safeguarding Partnership (WSP) is carrying out a review after the conviction of 21 people...

NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

Performance: are we learning from history?

By Nathan Elvery | 04 April 2023

Eleven councils have been caught up in intervention or improvement since 2010. Did the Comprehens...

WHITEHALL

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...

IMPROVEMENT

Valuing Care – supporting children to achieve their full potential

By Sara Tough | 28 March 2023

Executive Director of Children’s Services at Norfolk County Council Sara Tough discusses a partne...

HEALTH

It's not only our police services that face difficult days ahead

By Claire Kober | 28 March 2023

It’s easy to fall into the trap of dismissing the failings of the Metropolitan Police as a polici...

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