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FINANCE
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...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Woking chief executive to stand down
By Martin Ford | 01 November 2023
Julie Fisher became chief executive in 2021 and will remain in post until February.
FINANCE
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...
FINANCE
Bradford latest to issue section 114 warning
By Mark Whitehead | 31 October 2023
Bradford City Council has warned it may become the latest to declare an emergency section 114 not...
FINANCE
Emergency summit held amid temporary accommodation warnings
By Dan Peters | 31 October 2023
More than 150 councils this week attended an emergency summit as the cost of temporary accommodat...
HIGHWAYS
Fine and dandy
31 October 2023
Newcastle United may have had their first taste of defeat in this season’s Champions League under...
CULTURE
Councils' spooky season
31 October 2023
Diary hears ghosts, ghouls and spooks invaded several West of England councils as Halloween appro...
SCRUTINY
Hammond-eggs
31 October 2023
Deputy chief executive of the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny, Ed Hammond’s recent work involv...
TRANSPORT
White van man on... the Covid Inquiry
31 October 2023
Everyone knows the Government made a right pig’s ear of Covid, but that’s no surprise since Westm...
FINANCE
Labour regeneration plans will fail 'without radical action'
By Mark Whitehead | 31 October 2023
An incoming Labour government’s regeneration plans will fail without radical action to devolve fi...
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