Is Your Council Assertion 10 Ready?

Show notes

In this episode, John talks to Mark Tomkins — Founding Director of Aubergine — about Assertion 10 of the Annual Governance Statement and what councils need to do to ensure compliance for AGAR 2025/26.

Mark walks through the key updates in the 2025 edition of the Smaller Authorities Practitioners' Guide (SAPPP), covering domain name ownership and security, official email use for councillors and officers, website compliance expectations, and the IT and data policies every council should have in place.

Along the way, there's a bit of banter about Star Wars art, tattoos, and the best advice you could give your 18-year-old self (spoiler: buy Bitcoin).