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ELLA is the Evidence and Lessons from Latin America Programme
The Office for Local Government (Oflog) will help make local government even better. We will increase understanding about the performance of local authorities, warn when authorities are at risk of serious failure, and support local government to improve itself. Oflog...
How local councils work in England - types of council, decision-making, council finances, local councillors and making complaints
The minister is responsible for: Local government policy, including local government reform Local government finances (including local authority sustainability and business rates retention) Adult social care Local government interventions policy and oversight of existing interventions Local government pensions Troubled Families...
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The Office for Local Government (Oflog) will help make local government even better. We will increase understanding about the performance of local authorities, warn when authorities are at risk of serious failure, and support local government to improve itself.
The strategic basis and approach to establishing the Office for Local Government (Oflog), a new performance body for local government.
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