Martyn Smith
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Pay gap of thousands blamed for failing children's services as expert sent in (opens the original)
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(L R) Cllr Wayne Little, Dudley Cabinet Member For Children And Young People And Dudley Director Of Children And Young People, John Macilwraith(Image: Local Democracy Reporting Service) The government is sending in an expert to improve Dudley Council's beleaguered children's services which have been rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted. A meeting of the council's Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee on September 30 gave elected members their first opportunity to publicly question bosses on a dam
'We must look after our own' say political leaders turning down refugee cash (opens the original)
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Cllr Steve Clark(Image: Local Democracy Reporting Service) Dudley Council's leaders aim to pull the plug on funding for a charity which helps migrants claim benefits and housing. The authority's cabinet member for finance, Cllr Steve Clark, is taking the unusual step of refusing to sign off a decision to accept a £120,000 grant from central government to fund the Refugee and Migrant Centre (RMC). The RMC is a Midlands charity which supports refugees and migrants with a range of issues including
Poor parkers caught in their thousands at this midlands hospital (opens the original)
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New ANPR technology caught out more than 2,500 dodgy parkers at Russells Hall in just one month(Image: Local Democracy Reporting Service) Russells Hall Hospital recorded more than 2,500 contraventions of parking regulations in just one month according to a new report. The data has been prepared for a meeting of Dudley Council's Health and Social Care Scrutiny Committee which will discuss parking strategy at a meeting on October 5. Committee members will be told in July 2026 there were an estimat
'The place is falling apart' says ex-mayor as he calls for action not more words (opens the original)
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Dudley Council’s Communities and Growth Scrutiny Committee(Image: Local Democracy Reporting Service) Dudley's regeneration chiefs faced a call for action not words from a former mayor who said the town is not seeing any improvement. Cllr David Stanley delivered his rallying cry at a meeting of Dudley Council's Communities and Growth Scrutiny Committee as it discussed a report on where borough regeneration stands and the strategy for the next 12 months. The report says the council aims to build o
'You are out of tune with us' cry from operatic society members at meeting (opens the original)
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(L R) Cllr Andrew Tromans, Michelle Cassells from Cradley Heath Operatic Society, David Gregory and Fred Shaw from Stourbridge Operatic Society(Image: Local Democracy Reporting Service) Dudley Council officers are set for a meeting to 'reset their relationship' with theatre groups who claim they are being treated unfairly. A meeting of the council's Communities and Growth Scrutiny Committee was told the authority had imposed a ticket sales system on groups at Stourbridge Town Hall and was failin
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