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ADULT SOCIAL CARE
No extra social care funding for struggling councils
By Martin Ford | 13 March 2023
A minister said councils would receive further support if they were found to be in need of improv...
PUBLIC HEALTH
Minister mounts Oflog defence
By Martin Ford | 10 March 2023
Local government minister Lee Rowley told councillors to ‘judge us by what we do, not what you wo...
WHITEHALL
LGA to beef up council oversight amid Oflog fears
By Heather Jameson | 07 March 2023
The Local Government Association has revealed plans to beef up its oversight of councils in an ef...
IMPROVEMENT
LGA must show teeth as it beefs up peer review
By Heather Jameson | 07 March 2023
The new watchdog Oflog indicates the Government’s belief that it can’t quite trust the Local Gove...
WHITEHALL
Ministers set to hire chief for new watchdog
27 February 2023
Ministers are set to launch a recruitment drive for a chief executive and ‘full advisory board’ f...
WHITEHALL
Watchdog will 'protect' councils, says Rowley
By Heather Jameson | 23 February 2023
The Office for Local Government (Oflog) will provide a ‘protective shield’ for councils when it l...
WHITEHALL
Performance body planned, but no league table return
By Dan Peters | 15 February 2023
Whitehall officials have told the sector they do not intend to create league tables as they push ...
HEALTH
Sector given role in NHS plan
By Paul Marinko | 31 January 2023
Local government will join an ‘expert group’ with the voluntary and community sector and care pro...
PEOPLE
EXCLUSIVE: Former audit head lined up for new watchdog
By Heather Jameson | 08 December 2022
A former head of the National Audit Office (NAO) is to chair the new local government watchdog.
LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
Oflog centralisation fears
By Martin Ford | 29 November 2022
MPs have heard fresh fears that the new Office for Local Government (Oflog) will lead to further ...
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