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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
'Blunt tool' ranks council finances
By Martin Ford | 01 May 2024
Rushcliffe BC is the highest-ranked council in England for finance with Leeds City Council coming...
FINANCE
Blunt instrument doesn't show the whole picture
By Heather Jameson | 30 April 2024
Heather Jameson says the league tables ministers wanted to avoid are here to stay. 'They will jus...
FINANCE
Gauging the benefit of productivity plans
By Abdool Kara | 30 April 2024
At the least the new Government requirement for productivity plans will give a platform for autho...
AUDIT
Local elections: more than just a barometer for Rishi
By Heather Jameson | 23 April 2024
Local elections do swing with national politics, but the full picture is far more nuanced, says H...
AUDIT
Minister rules out Oflog role on audit
By Martin Ford | 23 April 2024
A minister has quashed suggestions oversight of audit should be handed to the Office for Local Go...
WHITEHALL
Ministers in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
By Heather Jameson | 16 April 2024
The letter on councils’ productivity, sent by local government minister Simon Hoare this week, bo...
BUSINESS
Oflog should be handed audit oversight, MPs told
By Mark Conrad | 16 April 2024
The Office for Local Government (Oflog) should be handed oversight of England’s broken audit regi...
DATA
Councils should get traffic light grading, say accountants
By Dan Peters | 02 April 2024
Oflog should grade councils using a traffic-light-style ranking system, chartered accountants hav...
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 ...
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Finance Business Partner - Resources and Commissioned Services
£61,961 - £67,471 per annum
The role will also support the financial oversight of commissioned service arrangements Apply for this job
Chief Legal & Governance Officer
£143,918 - £152,446 per annum
The West Midlands Combined Authority is entering one of the most significant periods of change in its development. Apply for this job
Corporate Director - Planning
£97,966 - £126,181
Do you share our ambition for Dorset? Apply for this job
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