Exeter City Council

Exeter City Council

Council budget cuts expected at same time as £10.6m Exeter City Living loan

Exeter City Council is expecting to make net savings of £3.835 million next financial year and reduce its reserves to a minimum despite an increase in central government funding, according to 2023-24 budget proposals to be discussed at January’s executive committee meeting.

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.

Exeter city centre retail area map 2017 and 2022 CDRC data

Is the grass really greener in Exeter city centre?

Academic research placing Exeter retail area at top of green space table was nationally reported, locally misrepresented then repurposed as booster fuel by local politicians overlooking study’s social justice focus.

Lottery graphic

Council lottery operator to take cut from local charitable donations

Decision to promote gambling as “incentivised giving” plays down risks without assessing potential impacts or evidencing claimed benefits, disrupting relationships between community and voluntary sector organisations and supporters.

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.

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