Articles by Laura Sharman
Kent reaches asylum tipping point
By Martin Ford | 18 August 2020
Kent CC has warned it has reached its capacity to safely care for any more unaccompanied asylum-s...
Unite members reject 'insulting' council pay offer
By Laura Sharman | 17 August 2020
The majority of members of Unite the union have rejected the 2.75% pay offer.
Plans to end homelessness will 'fail' without funding
By Laura Sharman | 13 August 2020
The Government’s pledge to end homelessness will fail unless services are fully funded in the upc...
Preston chief bids to prevent lockdown
By Martin Ford | 06 August 2020
Preston City Council’s chief executive has urged residents to take extra safety precautions in a ...
Extra £50m funding for Scottish social care
By Laura Sharman | 04 August 2020
Social care in Scotland will be given a £50m funding boost to help meet the cost of the coronavir...
Call to scrap two-tier local government system in rural areas
By Laura Sharman | 04 August 2020
The ‘confusing' two-tier model of local government should be abolished and replaced with single u...
Major projects must be more responsive to local need, MPs argue
By Laura Sharman | 28 July 2020
Hundreds of billions of pounds spent on new infrastructure projects could be ‘squandered’ without...
MPs call for 90,000 new social homes every year
By Laura Sharman | 27 July 2020
An extra £10bn in grant funding is required to deliver the number of social homes needed to meet ...
Norwich to bring services back in-house
By Laura Sharman | 23 July 2020
Norwich City Council has opted to set up a wholly-owned company when it brings its services back ...
Chancellor accused of 'selective memory' over council workers' pay
By Laura Sharman | 21 July 2020
Council staff are the 'forgotten army of public service' and are being denied a 'decent' pay rise...
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