Improvement

By Mike Harden | 03 April 2018

Mike Harden breaks down the key learning from Knowsley MBC's recent peer challenge.

What constitutes failure?

By Jonathan Carr-West | 28 March 2018

Bringing commissioners into crisis-hit Northamptonshire CC forces us to think about the value we ...

FINANCE

Northamptonshire: MHCLG letter details intervention

By Mark Conrad | 28 March 2018

Northamptonshire CC will continue to make most day-to-day decisions over how the county is run, d...

FINANCE

Javid plans intervention into crisis-hit Northants

By Mark Conrad | 27 March 2018

Local government secretary Sajid Javid has bowed to the inevitable and outlined plans for commiss...

PLANNING

Three councils face intervention over local plans

By Laura Sharman | 26 March 2018

Three councils are facing government intervention over their failure to produce a local plan.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Council company to take over children's services

By Dan Peters | 21 March 2018

Senior Worcestershire CC councillors are next week expected to approve the development of a wholl...

WHITEHALL

Under-fire council's interim boss to leave after criticism

By Dan Peters | 21 March 2018

Under-fire Northamptonshire CC’s interim chief executive has agreed to leave the council after he...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Council rejects strong leader model suggestion

By Dan Peters | 20 March 2018

Knowsley MBC councillors have ‘little appetite’ to change the authority’s governance arrangements...

DCLG

Brum improvement team vows to work with council

By Heather Jameson | 08 March 2018

The team brought in to turn around Birmingham has vowed to work more closely with the council.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA: Officer-councillor relationships tend to be good

By Dan Peters | 06 March 2018

Relationships between officers and councillors tend to be good, Local Government Association (LGA...

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