Oflog was established in July 2023 by the Conservative Sunak government[1] following a string of local authority bankruptcies, in order to collect statistics on local performance.

[2] The body answered to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

[4] In that month, following the release of a dataset on local government performance, The Times published an article ranking local authorities;[5] This led to criticism of Oflog for its failure to provide sufficient information on usage of the statistics,[6] with some calling for a "reset" following the 2024 election.

[7] Jim McMahon, Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution, wrote that the government had "an urgent priority to fix the local audit system, which was not part of Oflog's remit", and said "Oflog was hampered with a vague and broad remit that risked duplication of functions performed elsewhere".

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