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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...
BUSINESS
Commissioner won't act over contracts investigation
By Dan Peters | 18 January 2017
Lancashire’s police commissioner has refused to intervene in an investigation into two councils b...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Oxford forges ahead with CA plans
By Heather Jameson | 10 January 2017
Oxford City Council is pushing forward with plans for a county-wide combined authority after dump...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Chief's pledge to improve failing children's services
By Sam Clayden | 09 December 2016
Tameside MBC’s chief executive has insisted the council has embarked on an improvement journey af...
SCRUTINY
Ombudsmen welcome complaints system reform
By Sam Clayden | 05 December 2016
Ombudsmen have welcomed the Government’s proposed reforms to the ‘complex and fragmented’ complai...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
'Outsource to avoid intervention'
By Sam Clayden | 23 November 2016
A member of Norfolk CC’s children’s services committee has urged the council’s leader to consider...
SCRUTINY
Cornwall claims criticism is 'blatant electioneering'
By Jamie Hailstone | 01 November 2016
The leader of Cornwall Council has dismissed claims by a local MP that his authority is dysfuncti...
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