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Articles by Paul Marinko

Woodford investors should have had clearer warnings

By Paul Marinko | 06 August 2019

Kent CC and other investors in City heavyweight Neil Woodford’s fund should have been given clear...

Call for leaders to be given seat at top table

By Paul Marinko | 05 August 2019

A council of UK civic leaders chaired by the Prime Minister and mayors on the Privy Council are a...

Report discovers little assurance on council-owned company governance

By Paul Marinko | 01 August 2019

A Hertsmere BC audit report has only given ‘limited assurance’ that its governance of council-own...

Brokenshire in unitary unanimity move

By Paul Marinko | 23 July 2019

Future unitary bids will only be considered if they are ‘coalescing around a single option,’ the ...

Children's services progress 'slow and uneven'

By Paul Marinko | 22 July 2019

Ofsted has described the progress of Reading BC to improve its children’s services as ‘slow, unev...

New shared leadership team for council pair

By Paul Marinko | 22 July 2019

Two councils that recently reinstated the position of joint chief executive have laid out plans t...

Labour proposes outsourcing reversal

By Paul Marinko | 22 July 2019

Labour’s plans to reverse outsourcing of council services have drawn a mixed reaction from the se...

Kick-start devo deals, says Heseltine

By Paul Marinko | 02 July 2019

Former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine has called for power over housing, skills and jobs to...

Councils still dominated by male politicans, says Fawcett Society

By Paul Marinko | 02 July 2019

Women’s representation in local government is ‘at a standstill’ according to the Fawcett Society.