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INTERVENTION
Council receives first record-keeping watchdog warning
By Martin Ford | 13 April 2026
A watchdog has intervened after Perth and Kinross Council was found to have abolished a director-level post ‘without a single record being kept’.
FINANCE
Reed to activate intervention powers
By Martin Ford | 01 April 2026
Questions have been raised over Government moves to implement fresh direct intervention powers in...
REORGANISATION
Disentangling Woking's knots
By Heather Jameson | 01 April 2026
Sent in to stabilise debt-ridden Woking BC, Richard Carr tells Heather Jameson he’s determined to...
FINANCE
Warrington faces £110m loss, envoys warn
By William Eichler | 25 March 2026
Financially struggling Warrington Council is facing a net loss of nearly £110m due to its investm...
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...
IMPROVEMENT
Recruitment challenges restricting pace of Sandwell improvement, peers find
By Joe Lepper | 13 March 2026
Recruitment challenges are hindering continued improvement at Sandwell Council, a Local Governmen...
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...
PERFORMANCE
Why should we care about the local outcomes framework?
By Jeremy Cooper | 16 February 2026
Jeremy Cooper offers local authorities some suggested dos and don’ts on the new local outcomes fr...
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...
IMPROVEMENT
EXCLUSIVE: £1.6m bill for intervention support
By Dan Peters | 10 February 2026
Councils under Government intervention have shelled out more than £1.6m on staff and consultants ...
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- LGA's first chair Lord Beecham dies
- LGR creates major challenges for the corporate services that many have reduced and pared back for years
- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- When councils get desperate, they start being cultural liquidators
- Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent
Service Director – Adult Social Care
£106,769 to £114,229
We’re seeking an inspiring, strategic leader... Apply for this job
Service Director – Transformation, Improvement & Quality Assurance
£93,804 – £109,223
Reading is changing Apply for this job
- LGA's first chair Lord Beecham dies
- LGR creates major challenges for the corporate services that many have reduced and pared back for years
- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- When councils get desperate, they start being cultural liquidators
- Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent
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