Scrutiny

By Dan Peters | 30 August 2017

Whitehall is expected to reaffirm its commitment to local government transparency when it pushes ...

MANAGEMENT

Scrutiny highlighted in Edinburgh review

By Hiba Mahamadi | 01 August 2017

A review into Edinburgh City Council’s former property service has highlighted the importance of ...

FINANCE

NAO questions combined authorities' economic benefits

By Hiba Mahamadi | 10 July 2017

There is inadequate evidence to suggest that combined authorities deliver improved economic outco...

Authorities must renew focus on scrutiny and risk assessment

By Michael Burton | 04 July 2017

The challenge for local authorities is to ensure they can continue to be enterprising, outward-fa...

FINANCE

Countering the post-truth narrative

By Abdool Kara | 06 June 2017

Good scrutiny can be a powerful lever for the greater and better use of evidence by councils to i...

WHITEHALL

Fears as new era of metro mayors dawns

By Sam Clayden | 02 May 2017

Local government big hitters have voiced concerns about the accountability, effectiveness and nec...

HEALTH

'Give us powers to over-rule commercial confidentiality'

By Mark Conrad | 11 April 2017

Councils are demanding powers to over-rule ‘commercial confidentiality’ when scrutinising how pri...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Chief vows to make kid's services Tower Hamlets' top priority

By Sam Clayden | 11 April 2017

Tower Hamlets LBC’s chief executive has vowed to make children’s services an ‘absolute priority’ ...

HEALTH

PAC chair: Brexit to lead to rushed and bad decisions

By Dan Peters | 30 March 2017

The chair of the powerful Public Accounts Committee has predicted Brexit will lead to ‘rushed and...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Dudley and Doncaster making 'continued progress'

By Sam Clayden | 23 March 2017

Inspectors have praised two formerly failing children’s services departments for the strides they...

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