Showing posts with label Doncaster Council has been overseen by the Department for Communities and Local Government since 2010.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Doncaster Council has been overseen by the Department for Communities and Local Government since 2010.. Show all posts

Friday, November 07, 2014

Doncaster Council has been overseen by the Department for Communities and Local Government since 2010.

Doncaster Council has been overseen by the Department for Communities and Local Government since 2010.
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Intervention was due to end in July 2015 but Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said it could end early.

In 2010 Ministers intervened to take control of a local authority at the centre of the Edlington boys scandal after it was heavily criticised as failing, dysfunctional and paralysed by political infighting in a damning auditors report published today.
Councillors and senior officers failed to run the council properly, put political feuding before providing good services, and allowed bullying and intimidation to flourish, says the Audit Commission report into Doncaster council in south Yorkshire.
The Department for Communities and Local Government might now like to turn their attentions towards Rutland County Council and Oakham Town Council.
Both councils appear to suffer from the same problems problem that occurred at Doncaster.
It's not a big surprise when you consider the Tory Chief Executive Helen Briggs was trained in local government ways by Doncaster Council before taking control of Rutland.

  1. Independent means - The Guardian

    www.theguardian.com › News › Society

    18 Sep 2007 - Sharing services is essential to the survival of Rutland. ... "We are lean and mean," enthuses chief executive Helen Briggs, who lives in Oakham  ...