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DIGITAL
Radical overhaul required to drag us into the 21st century
By Heather Jameson | 17 January 2024
From central government and the NHS, to police, prisons and local government: the ‘state of the s...
FINANCE
A huge year – but will local government's voice be heard?
By Heather Jameson | 10 January 2024
'While politicians are holding the line – that councils have plenty of cash and financial failure...
FINANCE
Oflog chair 'aware of the systemic pressures'
By Martin Ford | 05 January 2024
Chair of the Office for Local Government (Oflog), Lord Morse, has said he wants to ‘set the recor...
DEVOLUTION
Lord Morse: I do not blame all council failure on 'bad management'
By Lord Morse | 05 January 2024
A recent newspaper article portrayed him wrongly as arguing that any council financial failure co...
FINANCE
'A lot to be done' to improve councils' governance
By Martin Ford | 02 January 2024
There is ‘a lot to be done’ to improve management in failing local authorities, the sector watchd...
PAY
The more things change
By Ann McGauran | 11 December 2023
Funding and asylum policy are just two of the themes that have bookended an eventful year in loca...
DATA
Future Forum North: 'Move Oflog out of London for independence'
By Paul Marinko | 08 December 2023
If the new Office for Local Government (Oflog) wants to demonstrate its independence it should mo...
HOUSING
Future Forum North: Questions over sector regulation
By Martin Ford | 08 December 2023
Questions have been raised about the role of regulation in the local government sector at the MJ ...
AUSTERITY
Can we learn from the authorities who are coping with austerity well?
By Ben Page | 04 December 2023
AI has huge potential to save time in local government if people can be encouraged to use it, say...
INNOVATION
Will Oflog stifle innovation?
By Justin Galliford | 04 December 2023
Chief executive officer of Norse Group Justin Galliford considers the impact the new watchdog wil...
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