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EXCLUSIVE: £8m Oflog 'waste' 17/07/2025 Ministers have been warned against imposing more top-down performance indicators after it emerged millions was spent before the watchdog was scrapped.
Government set to reveal targets for performance 02/07/2025 The outcomes framework will detail a range of broad performance indicators but The MJ understands it is not intended to create performance league tables.
Oflog: Local government watchdog to be shut down 17/12/2024 The short-lived Office for Local Government (Oflog) will be closed by the end of the year, local government minister Jim McMahon has confirmed.
Reform: Oflog should become local audit system leader 02/12/2024 The Government body in charge of councils' performance in England should be extended so it becomes a local audit system leader, a think-tank has said today.
EXCLUSIVE: Watchdog looking to add metrics despite pause 09/10/2024 Oflog is pushing ahead with work to expand its data gathering despite ministers pausing its early warning conversations, The MJ understands.
Call for Oflog independence 27/09/2024 Academics have called for an overhaul of the Office for Local Government (Oflog), including making it independent from Whitehall.

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