Councils should be given stronger powers to hold local service providers to account, the House of Commons has been told. An MP said greater scrutiny would help drive up standards for local people.
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Local area agreements (LAA) will be restructured so that they no longer face major intervention from Whitehall when councils are deciding their own priorities, should the Tories win the general election.
The architect of the ‘easyCouncil’ model ? the possible blueprint for local government under the Tories ? explains why it is more than just providing public services without the trimmings
The Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) and its predecessor have failed to improve the performance of local government and have induced a culture of compliance, according to a new report from think tank Localis
Shadow local government secretary Caroline Spelman has given the first indication of how the future of local government regulation may look if the Conservatives win the election
Shadow local government secretary Caroline Spelman has given the first indication of how the future of local government regulation may look if the Conservatives win the election
A report from the think tank Localis says that compliance with the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) costs 2bn a year and has called for the system to be scrapped
The Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) and its predecessor have both failed to improve local government performance leading to a ‘culture of compliance’, according to think tank Localis