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Ellie Ames

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Councils call for emergency school transport funding

By Ellie Ames | 20 November 2023

‘Spiralling’ transport costs for children with special educational needs are threatening the fina...

English-Welsh council partnership signed in bid for extra funding

By Ellie Ames | 13 November 2023

Two English and two Welsh county councils have signed a partnership agreement.

Councils at 'significant legal risk' over issues facing monitoring officers

By Ellie Ames | 10 November 2023

A report has called for the creation of a professional body for monitoring officers and a review ...

Chancellor urged to tackle audit backlog

By Ellie Ames | 06 November 2023

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has called on the Government ...

South Cambs issued Best Value notice over four-day week

By Ellie Ames | 03 November 2023

The Government has issued a Best Value notice to South Cambridgeshire DC following 'concerns' abo...

Council looks to address £100m 'black hole'

By Ellie Ames | 01 November 2023

Somerset Council is considering measures, including reducing staffing and cutting services to sta...

One in 10 county councils facing effective bankruptcy

By Ellie Ames | 01 November 2023

England’s county and unitary authorities are ‘running out of road’ to prevent insolvency, with on...

Public services in 'dire state'

By Ellie Ames | 31 October 2023

No public services are performing better than before the pandemic and satisfaction with councils ...

Section 114 'almost inevitable' for Leicester

By Ellie Ames | 30 October 2023

Leicester City Council is ‘rapidly running out of options’ to cut costs and faces financial crisi...

Homelessness fears over asylum fast-tracking

By Ellie Ames | 26 October 2023

The largest city councils in England and Scotland fear that Government plans to speed up asylum d...