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.
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Public education in Sydney is bleeding almost 10,000 students a year to private and Catholic high schools.
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.
The former South Yorkshire CA chief executive has been appointed as managing director commissioner at Thurrock Council to work alongside Essex CC.
The government is “minded” to expand intervention at Thurrock Council after seeing evidence of "profound weaknesses" in its finances. Essex CC submitted
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