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Council chief plans voter ID rapping sequel

By Paul Marinko | 01 May 2023

Rapping council chief Trevor Holden has revealed he is planning a sequel to his hit track on the ...

Gloucester commended for cyber recovery but warned about capacity

By Paul Marinko | 28 April 2023

Gloucester City Council has been commended for doing ‘remarkably well’ following a Cyber attack.

New solutions needed for social care

By Paul Marinko | 25 April 2023

A new proposal for reforming adult social care has concluded current solutions have ‘run out of r...

How can innovation help meet financial pressures?

By Paul Marinko | 18 April 2023

Can new ways of working along with innovative partnerships and service delivery help alleviate th...

Surrey poised for pay strike

By Paul Marinko | 11 April 2023

Unison is poised to ballot for strike action at Surrey CC after members rejected this year’s pay ...

EXCLUSIVE: £4.3m bed cost shambles

By Paul Marinko | 04 April 2023

The Government has held back £600m of promised social care funding after its drive to reduce dela...

Government's social care vision 'in tatters' as funding held back

By Paul Marinko | 04 April 2023

The Government has been accused of leaving its own social care vision ‘in tatters’ after unveilin...

Call for chief executives to sign up as army reservists

By Paul Marinko | 03 April 2023

Staffordshire CC chief executive John Henderson has called for council chief executives to sign u...

East Midlands Tories demand Gove act to prevent 'two-tiered' devolution

By Paul Marinko | 03 April 2023

Nottinghamshire CC leader Ben Bradley has demanded ministers act to avoid ‘a two-tiered system of...

Raring to go

By Paul Marinko | 28 March 2023

Councils are preparing to celebrate becoming unitaries on 1 April. Paul Marinko talks to the key ...