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 ...

PEOPLE

Oflog chair steps down

By Martin Ford | 26 March 2024

Lord Morse has announced he is stepping down as interim chair of the Office for Local Government ...

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