Articles by Laura Sharman
Welsh councils' performance improves
By Laura Sharman | 13 September 2017
Nearly two-thirds of council services in Wales have improved over the last year, according to new...
Councils win right to challenge hospital downgrade
By Laura Sharman | 07 September 2017
Four Oxfordshire councils have won a fresh hearing over plans to downgrade services at a local ho...
Auditors in equal pay warning
By Laura Sharman | 07 September 2017
Councils in Scotland have spent £750m settling equal pay claims since 2004, with 27,000 claims st...
Council to cut 800 full-time jobs
By Laura Sharman | 05 September 2017
Angus Council has warned it could cut 800 full-time posts over the next three years as it faces a...
Croydon scolded for children's services performance
By Laura Sharman | 04 September 2017
Croydon LBC has failed to improve children’s services quickly enough, according to a damning repo...
Housebuilding up - but not by enough
By Laura Sharman | 24 August 2017
More than 153,000 new homes were built in the last year - an increase of 11% compared to the 12 m...
Outsourcing blamed for bin complaints increase
By Laura Sharman | 23 August 2017
The outsourcing of waste collections by councils in England has led to an increase in the number ...
Finance concerns grow in wake of Grenfell
By Dan Peters | 18 August 2017
Council finance directors are growing increasingly concerned about the impact of the Grenfell Tow...
Council wins court battle days after Gove intervention
By Laura Sharman | 16 August 2017
Sheffield City Council has won a court battle against people protesting about its tree-felling pr...
Homelessness predicted to rocket
By Laura Sharman | 10 August 2017
Rough sleeping has been predicted to rocket by 76% in the next 10 years, according to new analysi...
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