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If approved by the Cabinet, the post held by Dave Burbage will move to an employment contract with PAYE.
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We question whether there are parallels with the story about the head of the Student Loans company, Ed Lester, and the two stories we ran last year about council employees being paid through limited companies.
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Hundreds of council officers avoid investigation of tax and contracts as new guidance is issued by Government instead.
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The future looks very bleak in local government over the coming years as funding to the council for core services is reduced by up to a whopping £16m over two years.
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Independent councillors say a school-boy-error has been made. The possible impact? A £4.8m hole in the County Hall Refurb Budget
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VB will be putting VB contributors centre stage at a conference about Investigative Journalism today, where we're sitting on a panel with some heavyweight investigative journalists
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Chief Exec leaves a few years after coming to the Island
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Changes to the council's Corporate Plan to be discussed at Full Council on 15th June. Document embedded for your convenience.
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Final grant cut figures have just been released.
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There's a considerable shortfall in the council's pension pot.
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Live coverage of the meeting as it happens at County Hall
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Will Cllr Pugh agree that the Independent budget submitted to full council on 23rd February was legal and balanced. In the past he has refuted this, despite it being signed off by the Section 151 Officer.
