Kerry Lorimer

Freelance journalist

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Dorset officers sacked over governance and control failures

Eleven officers at Dorset Council have been sacked after auditors found significant governance... Read more
Walsall Council sheds senior roles to cut staffing costs

Plans to restructure Walsall Council’s senior ranks, which went before council members this week,... Read more
Inclusion Taskforce sets out to fix ‘broken’ SEND system

A new body has been set up to help fix the “broken” system of special educational needs and... Read more
Funded childcare disproportionately favours wealthy households, analysis claims

The UK’s wealthiest households will be eight times as likely to benefit from the government’s... Read more
IfG: Give tourism tax powers to local leaders

The government would have “no strong case” to deny local areas the power to introduce a tourism tax... Read more
Wiltshire Pension Fund opts for LGPS Central

Wiltshire Pension Fund has chosen LGPS Central as its new preferred partner after its current pool... Read more
Councils warned not to sell off assets ahead of reorganisation

The government has warned councils not to sell off major assets or ‘splurge their reserves’ on... Read more
DCN makes case for smaller unitaries to run children’s services ‘close to communities’

Smaller unitary authorities have a “natural advantage” in providing children’s services, according... Read more
Compel strategic authorities to involve residents in decisions – Localis

Strategic authorities being rolled out as part of the government’s plans for English devolution... Read more
PAC calls for greater clarity on UK research spending

The government faces “severe challenges” in helping research and innovation scale up commercially... Read more

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