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WHITEHALL
Call for Government to scrap Levelling Up Fund bidding
By Dan Peters | 12 June 2023
Councils have called for the remaining £1bn in the Levelling Up Fund to be ‘allocated on the basi...
FINANCE
Auditors should push ahead with accounts sign off, says NAO head
By Martin Ford | 06 June 2023
‘Unpalatable but necessary options’ should be considered to clear the local audit backlog, the he...
WHITEHALL
Fresh LGA warning over Oflog
By Dan Peters | 05 June 2023
A senior Local Government Association (LGA) figure has warned ministers’ ‘unnecessary and unhelpf...
WHITEHALL
Levelling up failure warning
By Rachel Salveta | 25 May 2023
Ministers’ flagship levelling up policy will fail without long-term substantive funding, accordin...
FINANCE
New audit framework within weeks
By Martin Ford | 16 May 2023
A new framework to bolster local government audit will be brought forward within weeks.
ELECTIONS
'Risk to credibility' of voter ID data collection
By Martin Ford | 03 May 2023
The impact of voter ID restrictions on some communities in tomorrow’s election could remain hidde...
WHITEHALL
Betts questions Treasury trust of DLUHC
By Mark Conrad | 28 April 2023
An MP has criticised a ministerial response, warning it fails to ‘dispute the notion the Treasury...
PLANNING
'Gargantuan hole' in Government housebuilding approach, MP suggests
By Martin Ford | 25 April 2023
The Government’s U-turn on housebuilding targets has brought production of local plans to a halt,...
WHITEHALL
Peers' warning over supported housing reforms
By Mark Conrad | 24 April 2023
Ministers must avoid forcing high-quality supported housing providers from the market in their ru...
ELECTIONS
New doubts over voter ID data
By Martin Ford | 17 April 2023
Fresh doubts have been raised about the recording of people turned away from polling stations due...
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