Ofsted finds county council children’s services not making sufficient progress
Devon County Council is not making sufficient progress with its children’s services since they were judged inadequate in January 2020 according to the latest Ofsted monitoring report.
City council again breaches local government transparency legislation
Exeter City Council has again breached local government transparency legislation by failing to give required notice of its intention to hold an Executive committee meeting in private.
City council collects council tax payments nine days early
Exeter City Council has collected thousands of council tax payments that were due on 25 January nine days early.
City council planning meeting cancelled after communications failure
Exeter City Council has cancelled a meeting of its planning committee after failing to inform objectors that the meeting was taking place.
Underperforming county council children’s services to receive nearly half of proposed spending increases
Details of simultaneous £50 million 2023-24 spending reductions not yet published as finance director cites service delivery ‘re-prioritisation’.
City councillors low attendance at training sessions
Exeter City Council figures show low levels of attendance at councillor training sessions – fewer than half attended a local plan briefing and only a quarter turned up for a communications session – but near 100% participation in junkets at parks and waterways.
