Articles by Mark Whitehead
An uplifting social alliance
By Mark Whitehead | 26 March 2024
Young people with learning disabilities want to work, but more supported internships are needed. ...
Bradford latest to issue section 114 warning
By Mark Whitehead | 31 October 2023
Bradford City Council has warned it may become the latest to declare an emergency section 114 not...
Labour regeneration plans will fail 'without radical action'
By Mark Whitehead | 31 October 2023
An incoming Labour government’s regeneration plans will fail without radical action to devolve fi...
Animosity hampering scrutiny, investigation warns
By Mark Whitehead | 30 October 2023
Animosity between councillors and the mayor of an east London council are hampering proper scruti...
Children's services 'absolute carnage'
By Mark Whitehead | 30 October 2023
The state of children’s services has been described as ‘absolute carnage’ after years of underfun...
MPs call for urgent audit action
By Mark Whitehead | 22 June 2023
MPs have called for urgent action over an ‘unacceptably high’ backlog of local government audits.
Scrap proposed infrastructure levy, council leaders say
By Mark Whitehead | 16 June 2023
Council leaders and developers have written to local government secretary Michael Gove criticisin...
Council leaders criticise rejection of key Hewitt recommendation
By William Eichler | 15 June 2023
Council leaders have welcomed the Hewitt report into Integrated Care Systems but criticised the G...
Tory MPs block Teesside statutory inquiry
By Mark Whitehead | 08 June 2023
The Government has rejected a call by Labour MPs for a statutory inquiry into a controversial Tee...
Councils call for more climate change support
By Mark Whitehead | 08 June 2023
The Government must do more to help local areas adapt to climate change, councils in England have...
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