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INTERVENTION

Woking contacts police following auditor report

By Paul Marinko | 27 November 2024

Woking BC has contacted the police after an auditor’s report found officers failure to ensure its...

AUDIT

Woking's debt hits £2.1bn

By Dan Peters | 20 November 2024

Woking BC’s commissioners have revealed its ‘spiral of debt’ has reached £2.1bn and further inter...

LEGAL

Thurrock lodges High Court claim against APSE councils

By Paul Marinko | 18 November 2024

Debt-ridden Thurrock Council has filed a High Court claim against 23 councils in an escalation of...

DEVOLUTION

Suffolk talks devo with minister

By Paul Marinko | 15 November 2024

Suffolk CC’s leader has said he remains committed to devolution in the county ‘streamlining local...

HOUSING

London mayor calls for Right to Buy devolution

By Paul Marinko | 15 November 2024

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called on the Government to devolve control over Right to Buy to t...

FINANCE

Swindon facing 'existential' financial crisis

By Paul Marinko | 11 November 2024

Swindon BC is ‘facing a burning financial platform’ this year with cost pressures of around £9m b...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Shadow minister looks set for a finance focus

By Paul Marinko | 11 November 2024

The new shadow local government minister is expected to strongly support the need to reinforce th...

GOVERNANCE

Grant Thornton report: Woking's historic governance arrangements 'wholly inadequate'

By Paul Marinko | 05 November 2024

A public interest report into debt-stricken Woking BC has concluded the borough’s governance arra...

POLITICS

Hollinrake appointed shadow communities secretary

By Paul Marinko | 05 November 2024

Kevin Hollinrake has been appointed as shadow levelling up, housing and communities secretary by ...

ASYLYM

K&C chief urges agreement on asylum accommodation price

By Paul Marinko | 24 October 2024

Kensington & Chelsea LBC’s chief executive has called on the Government to agree with councils on...

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