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3 Feb 22
George Duggins, leader of Coventry City Council outlines the areas by which local authorities will judge the 'levelling up' white paper.
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6 Jan 22
Luton Borough Council is set to establish a new body to provide oversight and advice on the authority’s commercial companies and joint ventures.
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29 Oct 21
A critical report from CIPFA has found governance failures over a district heating network project run by the London Borough of Sutton.
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26 Oct 21
A continued lack of clarity over the responsibilities of officers and members at Powys County Council is “hindering effective scrutiny”, according to the Welsh spending watchdog.
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31 Aug 21
Coventry City Council is set to create a shareholder committee to manage commercial investments, in a bid to avoid financial difficulties experienced by some authorities.
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28 Oct 20
Councillors at Spelthorne Borough Council have voted to give themselves more control over the authority’s property investment decisions.
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10 Jul 20
Thurrock Council has rejected concerns raised in the Financial Times over its investment strategy, which has seen it borrow more than £1bn from other councils.
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25 Jun 20
The Centre for Public Scrutiny and CIPFA have released a new guide for local authorities in England to support effective financial scrutiny following the Covid-19 pandemic.
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14 Jun 19
A parliamentary inquiry has been launched to examine the impact of regional imbalances in the UK economy.
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8 May 19
The government has issued statutory guidance for English councils to strengthen the role of scrutiny committees.
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11 Mar 19
A budget committee could add another valuable level of scrutiny to the spend of public money, says CIPFA’s Alan Bermingham.
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11 Mar 19
Bodies commissioning health services must improve their performance as they start to cover wider areas as part of the NHS ten-year plan, a group of MPs has said.
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29 Jan 19
Public bodies must shift focus from outputs to outcomes to establish whether programmes make a difference, says CIPFA’s Alan Bermingham
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27 Nov 18
Ports could suffer major disruption after Brexit as the Department for Transport is not prepared for a ‘no deal’ scenario, MPs have warned.
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17 Oct 18
The Public Accounts Committee chair has been speaking “behind the scenes to persuade various players” to enhance the scrutiny of local government spending.
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14 Sep 18
Civil society organisations have expressed disappointment the UK government has not heeded the advice of a group of MPs on aid spending.
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17 Aug 18
The NHS should relax its attitude to e-cigarettes, MPs have recommended in a review of their harmfulness.
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7 Jun 18
The construction firm Carillion “hoodwinked” the government by publishing misleading accounts, according to the chair of the work and pensions committee.
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30 May 18
MPs and a local government umbrella-body have called for greater funding and powers for councils to tackle childhood obesity.
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16 May 18
The government’s £23bn low-carbon heating initiative has failed to meet objectives or provide value for money, a cross-party group of MPs said today.
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11 May 18
Little significant progress has been made on reinforcing ethical standards in outsourced public services, the independent Committee on Standards in Public Life has concluded.
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24 Apr 18
Public sector scrutiny “struggles to keep up” with the “increased complexity of modern government”, according to a think-tank.
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20 Apr 18
Councils need beefed up powers allowing them to confiscate properties from rogue landlords, a group of MPs has urged.
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21 Mar 18
Mayors have expressed their frustration at a lack of dialogue between central and local government in Brexit negotiations, at a select committee hearing.
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19 Mar 18
A group of MPs has told the government to “get its act together” regarding the governance of public-private partnerships set up to boost local economies.