Scrutiny

By Hiba Mahamadi | 28 May 2019

Scottish local government needs a ‘renewal,’ a think tank has urged, with directly elected mayors...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Chief executive and two deputies placed on 'special leave'

By Hiba Mahamadi | 24 May 2019

The chief executive and two deputy chief executives at a Lancashire authority have been asked to ...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Council governance systems 'inadequate' for austerity era

By William Eichler | 15 May 2019

The Government has not done enough to ensure that governance systems in local authorities are sui...

The shows must go on

15 May 2019

Battles used to be fought with bayonets, crossbows and axes.

WHITEHALL

Third of LEPs 'require improvement'

By Martin Ford | 14 May 2019

Almost one in three Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) ‘require improvement’ in their attempts ...

WHITEHALL

Call for councils to 'embrace' scrutiny

By Heather Jameson | 08 May 2019

The Government called on councils and combined authorities to ‘embrace’ scrutiny as it issued new...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Time for a governance refresh

By Ed Hammond | 08 May 2019

May is a prime time to review governance - and this can be done by understanding and addressing ...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Open up to scrutiny

By Ed Hammond | 07 May 2019

For many councils scrutiny has failed to live up to its potential, says Ed Hammond. But he hopes...

SCRUTINY

Fostering mutual understanding on scrutiny

By Camilla de Bernhardt Lane | 07 May 2019

As the MHCLG releases statutory guidance on scrutiny, Camilla de Bernhardt Lane explains how Devo...

AUDIT

Scottish councils lose more than £120m due to 'weak' financial controls

By William Eichler | 11 April 2019

Systems to prevent public money being lost to mistakes and fraud in local government ‘may be unde...

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