Nigel Lynn, who is currently deputy chief executive of Spelthorne District Council in Surrey, has been confirmed as the new chief executive of Arun District Council.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Surrey County Council £120,000 for a serious breach of the Data Protection Act after sensitive personal information was emailed to the wrong recipients on three separate occasions.
Cumbria County Council has won a national award for the public budget consultation that asked the people of Cumbria how they thought the council should save £33million over the next year.
As Norfolk County Council faces up to tough budget decisions in the face of a £155m funding shortfall over the next three years, council leader Derrick Murphy is urging the Government to urgently review grant adjustments that will cost Norfolk £21.6million next year.
At the Isle of Wight Council Full Council meeting, held on Wednesday 22 September 2010, Councillors voted through plans for an ‘in principle’ decision to move the Island’s emergency 999 Fire Control Centre to Reigate in Surrey.
Surrey has submitted an expression of interest to form a Local Enterprise Partnership following the government's request for regions and localities to prepare an outline vision.
Trying to register the death of a person who is not yet dead, asking where pest control officers buy their rifles and seeking an explanation of the plot of an 18th century play are some of the more unusual queries council call centres have dealt with over the past year.
