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Laura Sharman

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HMJ: Analysis warns UC cut will widen health inequalities

By Laura Sharman | 14 September 2021

The planned cut to the Universal Credit uplift will hit areas with the worst health the hardest, ...

Blackpool threatens action over asylum hotel plans

By Laura Sharman | 10 September 2021

Blackpool Council has warned planning permission will be required to use a hotel to house hundred...

Councils receive funding for data sharing projects

By Laura Sharman | 03 September 2021

Vulnerable children and families will receive better support after a new fund was created to impr...

Voter ID law must be 'necessary and proportionate,' MPs warn

By Laura Sharman | 02 September 2021

The Government must explain why a new law to make voter ID mandatory is both necessary and propor...

Quarter of rough sleepers no longer being housed under Everyone In

By Laura Sharman | 27 August 2021

One in four people placed in emergency accommodation under the Government’s Everyone In scheme ar...

Tighter planning rules to protect communities from flood risk

By Laura Sharman | 29 July 2021

Councils should ensure all planning applications made in flood risk areas are referred to ministe...

Review highlights 'widening cracks' in council complaints systems

By Laura Sharman | 28 July 2021

The local government ombudsman has warned about the erosion to the way complaints are being handl...

Children abused for decades under care of Lambeth LBC, inquiry finds

By Laura Sharman | 27 July 2021

Hundreds of children were subjected to decades of cruelty and sexual abuse while in the care of L...

Chiefs receive lower pay offer

By Dan Peters | 27 July 2021

Council employers have offered an improved 'final' pay offer to staff but have offered council ch...

Local government given partial self-isolation exemption

By Dan Peters | 23 July 2021

Local government has been included on a list of sectors that may be allowed to ignore COVID self-...