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EXCLUSIVE: £8m Oflog 'waste'
OFLOG

EXCLUSIVE: £8m Oflog 'waste'

By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 17 July 2025

Ministers have been warned against imposing more expensive, top-down performance indicators after it emerged millions was spent before a short-lived local government watchdog was scrapped.

REORGANISATION

Full-on fireworks to come in the scramble for reorganisation

By Heather Jameson | 18 December 2024

Privately, the Government has made it clear it aims to clear up the financial difficulties in the...

FINANCE

Don't let the financial crisis destroy devolution

By Dr Simon Kaye | 10 December 2024

Recent developments in local government have raised as many questions as answers. Dr Simon Kaye o...

POLICY

Reform: Oflog should become local audit system leader

By Emily Twinch | 02 December 2024

The Government body in charge of councils’ performance in England should be extended so it become...

REORGANISATION

Prescott's regional ambitions live on in devolution plans

By Heather Jameson | 28 November 2024

We know there is an ambition for reorganisation, says Heather Jameson. 'But what is becoming incr...

POLICY

Indecision time

By By Heather Jameson & Martin Ford | 28 November 2024

Key Government policy announcements have been delayed as ministers wrangle with complex decisions...

REGULATION

Joining up relational regulation

By Jess McGregor | 11 October 2024

The early days of a new government offer a chance to consider what collaborative and purposeful a...

OFLOG

EXCLUSIVE: Watchdog looking to add metrics despite pause

By Dan Peters | 09 October 2024

The Office for Local Government (Oflog) is pushing ahead with work to expand its data gathering d...

POLICY

INLOGOV hits the mark

By Barry Quirk | 27 September 2024

Barry Quirk welcomes a new report that argues local government should be equipped to deliver, sta...

INTERVENTION

Call for Oflog independence

By Martin Ford | 26 September 2024

Academics have called for an overhaul of the Office for Local Government (Oflog), including makin...

OFLOG

Rethinking Oflog

By Jon Rowney | 26 September 2024

An opportunity exists to rethink what a sustainable and purpose-led assurance framework for local...

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