Articles by Mark Whitehead
Active travel hampered by 'low capability and ambition'
By Mark Whitehead | 07 June 2023
Council leaders have defended active travel measures after auditors found more than half of counc...
Outsourcing children's care linked to worse outcomes
By Mark Whitehead | 30 May 2023
Children in care are being moved between short-term, unstable placements far away from their fami...
Bristol council faces 'huge financial risk'
By Mark Whitehead | 25 May 2023
Bristol City Council has been warned it must take urgent action over the spiralling cost of speci...
New checks on postal and proxy voting announced
By Mark Whitehead | 24 May 2023
Further checks to ensure there is no fraud when people vote by post or proxy could soon be introd...
Council leaders call for local approach to energy efficiency
By Mark Whitehead | 18 May 2023
Council leaders have called for a new approach to energy efficiency after the latest figures reve...
Teesworks project under scrutiny after corruption allegations
By Mark Whitehead | 17 May 2023
A major project to transform the former Redcar Steelworks site into a manufacturing hub is under ...
North Somerset Council trials innovative bins
By Mark Whitehead | 16 May 2023
North Somerset Council has claimed a first with an innovative new way to collect recycling and wa...
Council 'deeply concerned' by coronation arrests
By Mark Whitehead | 09 May 2023
Westminster City Council said it was ‘deeply concerned’ over the arrest of three women’s safety v...
Labour promises councils powers to start new bus services
By Mark Whitehead | 28 April 2023
Councils will be given more powers to start new bus services if Labour wins the next General Elec...
'Shocking' number of children in care far from home
By Mark Whitehead | 25 April 2023
A ‘shocking’ number of children are being moved into care far from their communities, according t...
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