Dan Peters 09 October 2024

EXCLUSIVE: Watchdog looking to add metrics despite pause

The Office for Local Government (Oflog) is pushing ahead with work to expand its data gathering despite ministers pausing its early warning conversations, The MJ understands.

Labour ministers will review the long-term role of the watchdog, which was created by the previous Conservative administration, by the end of the year but the watchdog's remit beyond its early warning conversations is continuing in the short term.

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