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150 more councils close to financial brink, government admits

Posted on December 7, 2021 by insidecroydon

Other local authorities, including Tory-run councils, are also finding themselves  in a slough of despond Croydon is just one of 150 local authorities that have been in urgent talks with Whitehall over their precarious financial situation following 18 months of … Continue reading →

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Jenrick ministry defends choice of all-white improvement panel

Posted on August 31, 2021 by insidecroydon

The government has been forced to defend its decision to appoint an all-white “improvement and assurance panel” to oversee Croydon Council’s efforts to recover from its financial collapse last year. In January, Robert Jenrick’s Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local … Continue reading →

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£2,400 per day – the high cost of council’s ‘improvement’ panel

Posted on February 2, 2021 by insidecroydon

The annual cost of having Croydon officials’ work checked by Whitehall-appointed experts comes to ‘three-quarters of a Negrini’, as KEN LEE reports The Improvement Panel imposed on Croydon by the Tory government to check that the cash-strapped council is running … Continue reading →

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