Big switch: the Sydney suburbs rejecting public education
Public education in Sydney is bleeding almost 10,000 students a year to private and Catholic high schools.
Source: smh.com.au
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The council clearance sale! Debt-ridden local authorities are desperately selling off public assets from leisure centres to art galleries to settle equal pay claims and cover bills
Last week, Labour-led Birmingham City Council hit headlines following revelations it had become the seventh local authority to become bankrupt after failing to manage its assets.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Minister names managing director commissioner for Thurrock
The former South Yorkshire CA chief executive has been appointed as managing director commissioner at Thurrock Council to work alongside Essex CC.
Source: lgcplus.com
Government minded to expand intervention at Thurrock
The government is “minded” to expand intervention at Thurrock Council after seeing evidence of "profound weaknesses" in its finances. Essex CC submitted
United Kingdom Thames Freeport Lee Rowley Thurrock Council Department For Levelling Accountable Body
Source: lgcplus.com
Thurrock approves sale of assets valued at £90m
Thurrock Council could raise over £90m through asset sales to help plug a £470m funding gap. At an extraordinary general meeting on Monday acting chief
Source: lgcplus.com
Thurrock set to seek dispensation to raise council tax beyond referendum limit
Thurrock council are set to request dispensation from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DHLUC) to raise council tax above the
Source: lgcplus.com
Thurrock Council issues S114 notice amid £469million debt
The council will now limit non-essential spending
United Kingdom Jonathan Wilson Graham Snell Mark Coxshall Democracy Reporting Service Thurrock Commissioners
Source: echo-news.co.uk
Thurrock Council issues S114 notice amid £469million debt
The council will now limit non-essential spending
United Kingdom Jonathan Wilson Graham Snell Mark Coxshall Democracy Reporting Service Thurrock Commissioners
Source: thurrockgazette.co.uk
New leader: 'Is Thurrock too small to be a unitary?' | Local Government Chronicle (LGC)
The confirmed new leader of troubled Thurrock Council used his maiden speech to question whether the authority is "too small and unstable to be a unitary"
Source: lgcplus.com
Thurrock names acting chief
Thurrock Council has appointed an acting chief, with its permanent chief executive on leave amid governance concerns at the local authority. LGC reported
Source: lgcplus.com