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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Croydon 'on track' to improve children's services

By Mark Conrad | 23 January 2018

Croydon LBC has claimed it is ‘on track’ to deliver improvements to its children’s services.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

LEP moves to become 'most transparent' in England

By Dan Peters | 16 January 2018

A local enterprise partnership (LEP) that had funding restrictions slapped on it by the Governmen...

WHITEHALL

Inspector arrives amid reorganisation pressure

By Mark Conrad | 16 January 2018

An independent inspector today began investigating Northamptonshire CC’s precarious finances amid...

SCRUTINY

Mirror mirror

By Iain Malcolm | 10 January 2018

After an intense series of inspections and reviews, Cllr Iain Malcolm reveals how South Tyneside ...

WHITEHALL

Councils should scrutinise LEPs, say MPs

By Heather Jameson | 14 December 2017

Councils and combined authorities should be able to scrutinise Local Enterprise Partnership (LEPs...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Senior officer resigns amid ongoing council investigation

By Hiba Mahamadi | 14 December 2017

Cheshire East Council’s director of legal services has resigned four months after he was suspende...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Cheshire East suspends third top officer

By Hiba Mahamadi | 05 December 2017

Cheshire East Council suspended its third senior officer yesterday, after the chief executive and...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

York told to publish 'buried' services review

By Hiba Mahamadi | 03 November 2017

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ordered York City Council to publish a review of ...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Take scrutiny seriously, chief executives told

By Hiba Mahamadi | 31 October 2017

Effective scrutiny at councils depends upon the chief executive recognising it as a legitimate fu...

BUSINESS

High-achieving council needs better scrutiny

By Hiba Mahamadi | 27 October 2017

Better scrutiny is needed at Windsor and Maidenhead RLBC, which is otherwise high-achieving and f...

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