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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...

BUSINESS

Calls to end Trafford-Amey joint venture following investigation

By Martin Ford | 13 February 2019

Trafford MBC has been urged to end its joint venture contract with Amey over ‘poor performance’.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Councils caught in the middle

By Bob Neill | 13 February 2019

Bob Neill says nailing down a robust framework to strengthen scrutiny is an essential part of the...

SCRUTINY

Risk and commercialisation: Why scrutiny matters

By Ed Hammond | 01 February 2019

Early engagement and streamlining of scrutiny into commercialisation decisions will provide scrut...

SCRUTINY

Time to take stock?

08 January 2019

Diary is well aware of the important job scrutiny councillors do in this crucial time for the sec...

SCRUTINY

More scrutiny in local government?

By Benoit Guerin | 19 December 2018

Benoit Guerin explains why Government should review the case for setting up local Public Accounts...

WHITEHALL

Scrutiny chief in failure warning

By Dan Peters | 10 December 2018

Failure in local government is likely to become more prevalent in the years ahead due to looming ...

WHITEHALL

Scrutiny can reduce Government intervention risk - Kerslake

By Dan Peters | 04 December 2018

Rishi Sunak has called for scrutiny to receive a ‘strong commitment from the top’ of councils ami...

WHITEHALL

Researchers to look at '200-mile long Whitehall screwdriver'

By MJ reporter | 25 October 2018

Experts have laid out their plans to examine whether the Government’s 20-year-old intervention re...

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY

Lessons from 'failure'

By Ed Hammond | 24 October 2018

In the context of Northamptonshire’s failure and warnings of other councils on the edge of collap...

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