Title
DATA
The time for answers
By Cllr Shaun Davies | 07 May 2024
Last week, The Times used Oflog data to produce league tables, realising local government’s fears...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: Killian lobbied to halt work with watchdog
By Dan Peters | 07 May 2024
Sector figures have been lobbied to withdraw engagement and co-operation with the local governmen...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Angry LGA leaders write to Gove over Oflog league table story
By Dan Peters | 03 May 2024
The Office for Local Government’s (Oflog) ‘lack of action to correct misleading information’ in r...
FINANCE
Gove could launch police inquiry for Birmingham
By Heather Jameson | 01 May 2024
Reports the levelling up secretary could send a police chief in to investigate financial mismanag...
WHITEHALL
Gove open to giving mayors Whitehall voice
By Martin Ford | 23 April 2024
Local government secretary Michael Gove has not ruled out a ‘formal structure’ for mayors to work...
WHITEHALL
Five million could be disenfranchised by voter ID, polling finds
By Dan Peters | 11 April 2024
Five million voters could be disenfranchised by the Government’s new voter ID rules at the Genera...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
The quest for community harmony
By Martin Ford | 08 April 2024
A Government-commissioned review has spelt out the difficulties councils face when trying to prot...
WHITEHALL
Oflog co-design promises have been broken, say councils
By Dan Peters | 02 April 2024
Ministerial promises to ‘co-design’ the Office for Local Government (Oflog) with the sector have ...
WHITEHALL
Local government loses 'strongest advocate' Rowsell
By Martin Ford | 22 March 2024
Tributes have been paid across the local government sector following the sudden death of Paul Row...
WHITEHALL
Online sales tax not priority for London
By Dan Peters | 15 March 2024
London Councils has decided it will not prioritise an online sales tax (OST) as part of its lobby...
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