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Give councils new powers over street works, MPs say

04/07/2025

Local authorities should be given new powers to limit the disruption caused by street works, overseen by a national 'street works commissioner', MPs say.

McMahon: Government will abolish council committee system

24/06/2025

The Government has announced plans to legislate to abolish the committee system.

MPs call for oversight of Grenfell inquiry recommendations

14/05/2025

MPs have called for an independent national oversight mechanism to ensure the recommendations made by the Grenfell inquiry are implemented.

MPs warn of the cost of inaction on social care reform

06/05/2025

MPs have urged the Government to measure the cost of inaction on social care and warned that failing to do so would mean reforms are ‘doomed to failure’.

CCN: Planning legislation would ‘dilute’ local oversight

11/03/2025

Legislation aimed at speeding up planning decisions would ‘dilute’ the role of councillors on planning committees, warns the County Council Network (CCN).

MPs to scrutinise local government finance

11/12/2024

A parliamentary committee is set to consider whether the local government finance system in England is fit for purpose.

MPs launch inquiry into cost of failing to fix social care

04/11/2024

MPs have launched an inquiry looking into the costs of failing to fix the struggling adult social care system.

Select committee member loses Labour whip as police investigate

28/10/2024

A Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee member has lost the Labour whip after a video emerged appearing to show him punching a man.

Mayor accused of pushing for unlawful planning committee change

04/03/2024

Mayor Ben Houchen and Simon Clarke MP have been accused of trying to pressure Redcar and Cleveland's planning committee to act unlawfully.

Poorer households should not be chased for council tax debt, MPs say

01/12/2023

The Government should ensure local authorities are not ‘aggressively’ chasing council tax debt from those who can least afford it, MPs have said.

MPs warn local services on ‘knife edge’

28/11/2023

MPs have warned that key local services are on a ‘knife edge’ due to the poor financial health of councils in England.

MPs launch inquiry into controversial watchdog

24/11/2023

An inquiry looking at the remit of the controversial Office for Local Government (Oflog) was launched by MPs today.

MPs slam ‘beyond unacceptable’ condition of schools

20/11/2023

Thousands of children are learning in potentially unsafe buildings, with MPs ‘extremely concerned’ about the Department for Education’s understanding of the risks, a new report says.

Questions over plans to manage voter ID

13/11/2023

The chair of the levelling up, housing and communities (LUHC) committee has written to the LUHC department with concerns about managing voter ID in future elections.

Government urged to push through ‘no fault’ evictions ban

09/11/2023

The chair of the levelling up, housing and communities (LUHC) committee has urged the Government to commit to a timetable for abolishing section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions.

Local government plays a vital role in the work of House of Lords committees

08/11/2023

Baroness Kate Parminter, chair of the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee, argues that the local government voice is crucial for committees to understand how government policy is impacting communities.

DLUHC ‘repeat offender’ when it comes to late responses to MPs

19/09/2023

MPs have criticised the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities for what they describe as its ‘poor performance’ in the timeliness of responses.

MPs launch electric vehicle (EV) inquiry

09/08/2023

An inquiry into electric vehicles (EVs) has today been launched to help the Government better understand how the UK will reach net zero.

Inquiry on housing for people with disabilities launched

25/07/2023

MPs have launched an inquiry into how far the planning system is helping to deliver homes that are suitable for disabled people.

Levelling up will fail without long-term funding

26/05/2023

The Government’s levelling up policy will fail without long-term funding for councils, MPs have warned.

Short-term lets registration scheme must be optional

22/05/2023

Lord Moylan, chair of the House of Lords Built Environment Committee, argues that the short-term lets registration scheme should be optional.

Racism plays key role in maternity death rates, MPs say

18/04/2023

‘Shocking’ racism has played a key role in creating higher death rates for black women and those from poorer areas in childbirth, according to MPs.

Bristol City Council to be run by committees

05/04/2023

Bristol council is set to be run by seven policy committees after the May elections following a referendum which decided to abolish the directly elected mayor.

Levelling up committee launches local audit inquiry

03/03/2023

An inquiry into financial audit in local authorities has been launched to ensure councils are financially sustainable and remain accountable to residents.

Council rejects China's ‘super embassy’ plans

02/12/2022

Tower Hamlets Council's strategic planning committee has voted to reject the Chinese government's plans for a ‘super embassy’.

Borough opts for a return to committees

18/10/2022

West Lancashire BC is the latest council to plump for a return of the committee system.

Councils urged to face up to poor Ofsted ratings

08/07/2022

MPs have called for councils to ensure all looked-after children are receiving full-time education in a school registered with the Department for Education.

Bristol votes to abolish elected mayor

06/05/2022

Bristol voters have decided to abolish the city’s directly elected mayor following a referendum.

Demand for mental health treatment pushing NHS to ‘breaking point’

09/12/2021

MPs have called for urgent action to prevent mental health services slipping backwards as a result of the pandemic and the scale of unmet need prior to it.

Wirral council introduces new committee system

30/09/2020

Wirral Council has approved plans to move to a committee system of local government.

Resignations at Sheffield Council in support of referendum

28/08/2019

Two Sheffield City Council cabinet members, including the deputy leader, and four cabinet assistants have resigned in support of radically overhauling the way the council does business.

Council switches to committee rule to make authority more ‘democratic’

30/05/2017

Councillors in Basildon have switched to a committee system rather than a leader and cabinet, in attempt to make the authority more democratic and effective.

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LGOF: Will it work?

Dr Jonathan Carr-West, LGIU, discusses the Local Government Outcomes Framework (LGOF), the latest instalment in the history of local government accountability.
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