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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...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Peer report calls on councils to stop 'cherry-picking' leads
By Mark Conrad | 14 March 2017
Sector-led improvement review teams need to be better prepared and more consistent, an independen...
FINANCE
Mayor keen to identify officers responsible for cash failures
By Dan Peters | 08 March 2017
Bristol mayor Marvin Rees is keen to identify the individuals to blame for the state of the counc...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Step in or step back from Brum
By Heather Jameson | 21 February 2017
If the Government wants to run Birmingham, it has the power to intervene – otherwise it should le...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Learning the lessons from an 'inadequate' judgement
By Sean Harriss | 21 February 2017
As part of iMPOWER’s children’s services essay collection Shining a Light, Sean Harriss offers ad...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Brexit gives regions a real chance to bridge the prosperity gap
By Dr Laurence Ferry | 20 February 2017
Brexit should be seen as an opportunity to usher in serious change and prosperity to the regions,...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Scrutinising scrutiny
By Jacqui McKinlay | 08 February 2017
Jacqui McKinlay argues overview and scrutiny needs to be protected but must also up its game if i...
SCRUTINY
Scrutiny has come of age
By Paul Wheeler | 08 February 2017
Paul Wheeler looks at the vital role scrutiny has played so far in 2017.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Sajid breaks his silence
24 January 2017
Ever since Sajid Javid became communities secretary he has come under relentless scrutiny from lo...
ROTHERHAM ABUSE
Committee to examine scrutiny concerns
By Mark Conrad | 24 January 2017
An influential MP has urged councillors and officers to contact his select committee about any co...
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