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East Devon seeks LGA summit with Gove over councillor-staff relations

By Paul Marinko | 28 June 2023

East Devon DC’s leader has written to communities secretary Michael Gove asking for Government he...

Confusion over work status of Southend chief

By Paul Marinko | 28 June 2023

Confusion surrounds the current work status of Southend-on-Sea City Council’s chief executive, wi...

Government turned down Woking plea for help

By Paul Marinko | 21 June 2023

Woking BC’s request for Government financial support two years ago was rejected, allowing the emb...

EXCLUSIVE: Chief executive training and development programme to launch

By Paul Marinko | 20 June 2023

A new training and development programme for council chief executives will be launched as the sec...

The truth about council failures

By Paul Marinko | 19 June 2023

As the sorry saga of financial failures at the likes of Woking BC and Thurrock Council continues ...

Warrington prepares for £3m increase in debt interest payments

By Paul Marinko | 13 June 2023

Debt-ridden Warrington BC has admitted it will be hit by a £3m bill to refinance a £110m Governme...

New BCP leader backs no overall control

By Paul Marinko | 12 June 2023

Having local authorities under no overall control is not ‘necessarily a bad thing,’ according to ...

Fire up Northern Powerhouse 2.0, urges Osborne

By Paul Marinko | 12 June 2023

Former chancellor George Osborne has urged the Government to ‘fire up Northern Powerhouse 2.0’ as...

Levelling up benefits of civil service relocation questioned

By Paul Marinko | 09 June 2023

The Institute for Government (IfG) think-tank has warned that civil service relocation out of Lon...

Woking issues section 114

By Paul Marinko | 07 June 2023

Stricken Woking BC has issued a section 114 notice as the authority continues to work with Govern...