Articles by Laura Sharman
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-...
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