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Local authority governance

Our report examines whether local governance arrangements provide assurance that local authority spending achieves value and authorities are financially sustainable

Sector(s): Government, efficiency and transparency, Local services

Department(s): Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
15 Jan 2019

Local auditor reporting in England 2018

The number of NHS and local government bodies with weaknesses in their arrangements for delivering value for money is increasing.

Sector(s): Government, efficiency and transparency, Health and social care, Local services

Department(s): Department of Health and Social Care, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
10 Jan 2019

The health and social care interface

This ‘think piece’ draws on our past work highlighting the barriers that prevent health and social care services working together effectively, examples of joint working and the move towards services centred on the needs of the individual, to inform the ongoing debate about the future of health and social care in England.

Sector(s): Health and social care, Local services

Performance Improvement area(s): Local service delivery, Transforming public services

Department(s): Department of Health and Social Care, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
4 Jul 2018

Financial sustainability of local authorities 2018

This report reviews developments in the sector and examines whether the Department, along with other departments with responsibility for local services, understands the impact of funding reductions on the financial and service sustainability of local authorities.

Sector(s): Local services

Department(s): Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
8 Mar 2018

Homelessness

Homelessness has increased across all measures since 2010, with many local authorities now seeing it as a risk to their financial sustainability.

Sector(s): Housing

Performance Improvement area(s): Financial and service sustainability

Department(s): Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
13 Sep 2017

Progress in setting up combined authorities

For combined authorities to deliver real progress they will need to demonstrate that they can drive economic growth and contribute to public sector reform.

Sector(s): Community and society, Government, efficiency and transparency, Local services

Performance Improvement area(s): Accountability in local service delivery, Local service delivery

Department(s): Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
6 Jul 2017

Planning for 100% local retention of business rates

DCLG has made good progress in its design of 100% local business rates retention but faces a challenging timescale for delivery.

Sector(s): Community and society, Local services

Performance Improvement area(s): Economic growth, Local service delivery

Department(s): HM Revenue and Customs, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
29 Mar 2017

NAO work on transition grant and rural services delivery grant

In response to correspondence from Helen Goodman MP on behalf of 11 other MPs the NAO conducted an investigation into the Department for Communities and Local Government’s approach to the allocation of transition grant and rural service delivery grant (rural grant) for 2016-17.

Performance Improvement area(s): Investigations

Department(s): Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
16 Feb 2017