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Exeter City Living governance review to follow highlighted financial risk
A progress report on the development of the 2023-24 Exeter City Living business plan confirms a governance and management review will take place after an auditor’s report which found that the company had put the council at “significant financial risk” after losing £2.2 million in its first two years of trading.
City council to receive £1.3 million homelessness prevention grant
Exeter City Council has been allocated a £1.3 million share over two years of a £654 million government homelessness prevention grant.
National planning policy consultation has major Exeter Local Plan implications
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is consulting on proposals to update the National Planning Policy Framework via the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill.
Karime Hassan tenure as city council CEO to be terminated
Karime Hassan’s tenure as city council CEO is to be terminated following a decision taken in private by councillors, with Bindu Arjoon to be appointed as interim CEO in his place.
Historic nurses strike goes ahead after government refuses to negotiate over pay
Royal College of Nursing members out in force at Exeter NHS trusts alongside colleagues across the country as recruitment crisis threatens profession.
City council seeks views on property developer charges
Exeter City Council is consulting on a partial review of the Community Infrastructure Levy – charges developers pay that contribute to council community grants, habitat impact mitigation and projects like Marsh Barton railway station.
