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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...

FINANCE

Ministry uses 'gossip' to scrutinise commercial investments

By Martin Ford | 28 March 2019

Marsham Street has been accused of relying on ‘gossip’ to track councils’ commercial ventures.

FINANCE

Experts warn of 'gap' in scrutiny of council finances

By Martin Ford | 28 March 2019

An inquiry into council finance has heard warnings of a gap in oversight of the sector.

SCRUTINY

Measuring the effectiveness of scrutiny in Herts through outcomes and the impact on residents

By Seamus Quilty | 15 March 2019

Cllrs David Andrews and Seamus Quilty outline how Hertfordshire CC's two scrutiny committees take...

FINANCE

Reorganisation pause after costs escalate

By Dan Peters | 01 March 2019

The leader of Northamptonshire CC has expressed his alarm at the ‘ever-increasing’ costs of local...

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