After five years of inspections, Northampton Borough Council is out of government monitoring. In a letter received on the 21st December, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) confirmed that the government had wrapped up its monitoring of Guildhall performance. The Guildhall was formally assigned inspectors back in 2004, when the then-Conservative Council posted [...]
Northampton Borough Council – making strides under the Lib Dems Lib Dem-run Northampton Borough Council is in the running for ‘Most Improved Council of the Year’ at the 2009 Local Government Chronicle Awards. The LGC also announced that the Guildhall would be shortlisted for a high-profile regeneration award following this year’s Market Square revamp. Every [...]
Lib Dem-run Northampton Borough Council has ‘transformed’ the way it works according to government spending watchdog, the Audit Commission. In its annual assessment, published on the 9th December, the spending agency praised the improvements made at the Guildhall, commenting that the Council now has ‘the leadership and capacity to continue to improve’. The report comes [...]