Tag Archives: Ombudsman
Outdated Local Government Ombudsman to be reformed.
#AceConsumerNews says an independent review published on the (29 November 2013) recommends that the government reforms the Local Government Ombudsman, which deals with poor council services.
The independent review also recommends that consideration be given to the creation of a single public services ombudsman for England. Establishing a 1-stop-shop for problems or complaints will make it easier for the public to register complaints and seek redress.
Currently the public can complain to either the Local Government Ombudsman or the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman when they feel the have suffered poor service from local government and seek compensation.
The government shares the reviewer’s conclusions and intends to develop and test ideas for how such a 1-stop-shop service might operate.
In the short term, the government accepts the conclusions of the review that the governance arrangements of the Local Government Ombudsman service should be modernised, moving to a single Local Government Ombudsman for England, providing robust and consistent leadership, driving up performance and ensuring that the public can obtain swift redress when things go wrong.
The review conducted by Robert Gordon CB, a former director general in the Scottish government, carefully examined how the ombudsman operated and what would benefit taxpayers better in the future.
Read More: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ombudsman-to-offer-better-public-redress-service