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Birmingham complaints handling 'fundamentally flawed'

By Martin Ford | 17 January 2023

Birmingham City Council has been ordered to overhaul its ‘fundamentally flawed’ complaints proced...

Ministers pressed over refugee funding cuts

By Martin Ford | 17 January 2023

MPs have questioned the rationale behind Government cuts to funding for refugees.

Walsall names interim chief

By Martin Ford | 16 January 2023

Walsall MBC director Deborah Hindson has been appointed as the authority’s interim chief executive.

Gulf in communities' levels of social trust

By Martin Ford | 16 January 2023

New research has uncovered huge disparities in social trust between neighbouring communities.

SEND advice service requires 'drastic' overhaul

By Martin Ford | 13 January 2023

A special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) advice service has been savaged in an indepen...

Ipswich names interim chief

By Martin Ford | 13 January 2023

Helen Pluck is to take the reins as interim chief executive of Ipswich BC.

Local net zero push held back by Government, review finds

By Martin Ford | 13 January 2023

Local authorities’ efforts to achieve net zero are being held back, according to a Government-com...

Chief executive calls time on 40-year career

By Martin Ford | 12 January 2023

Burnley BC chief executive Mick Cartledge has announced his retirement after 42 years of public s...

Borough names next chief

By Martin Ford | 12 January 2023

Rossendale BC has announced Rob Huntington will become its next chief executive.

Scottish councils face 'most difficult budget' for years

By Martin Ford | 12 January 2023

Councils in Scotland face the 'most difficult budget setting context seen for many years,’ a fina...