Articles by Laura Sharman
Review pledges to radically reform children's social care
By Laura Sharman | 15 January 2021
Council leaders have welcomed the launch of an independent review into children’s social care.
Scottish councils call for fair funding to avoid 'damaging consequences'
By Laura Sharman | 12 January 2021
Council leaders in Scotland have called for an end to small ring-fenced pots of funding and no ca...
Criminals publish stolen council data online
By Laura Sharman | 07 January 2021
Data stolen from Hackney LBC in a cyber attack has been published online by the criminals respons...
Government urged to bring back Everyone In programme
By Laura Sharman | 07 January 2021
The Government has been urged to ensure all rough sleepers are housed during the third national l...
New Year Honours awarded to local government workers
By Laura Sharman | 04 January 2021
Figures across local government have been recognised for their response to the pandemic in the 20...
Council backs calls for new national lockdown
By Laura Sharman | 04 January 2021
Liverpool City Council has called on the Government to introduce a new national lockdown to stop ...
Urban councils' fears over debt recovery rules
By Martin Ford | 22 December 2020
Urban councils have voiced concern over new rules that could prevent them from recovering council...
Rough sleepers to get extra support for drug and alcohol dependency
By Laura Sharman | 14 December 2020
Extra funding will be given to 43 areas across England to help rough sleepers recover from drug a...
West Sussex to keep control of children's services for at least a year
By Laura Sharman | 11 December 2020
West Sussex CC will keep control of its children’s services for at least another year following i...
Thousands of councillors call for rethink on planning reforms
By Laura Sharman | 10 December 2020
Over 2,000 councillors have called on the Government to rethink its planning proposals, warning t...
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