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Laura Sharman

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Council 'failed' to safeguard taxi passengers

By Laura Sharman | 23 June 2016

South Ribble Council had failed to make the safety of taxi passengers a priority when issuing lic...

Wirral considers 'town hall Pravda'

By Laura Sharman | 17 June 2016

Wirral MBC is considering defying government guidelines by launching a new monthly publication.

Legal firm boycott after gloating tweets

By Laura Sharman | 15 June 2016

Cambridgeshire CC has said it will no longer use the services of legal firm Baker Small following...

Developers call for more planning resources

By Laura Sharman | 14 June 2016

Council planning departments should be given a time limit to sign off permission in a bid to spee...

BT wins London framework contract

By Laura Sharman | 13 June 2016

BT has been chosen by the London tri-borough as the sole supplier to provide ICT under a new fram...

Elected mayor demand spikes devolution deal

By Laura Sharman | 13 June 2016

The proposed devolution deal for Cheshire and Warrington has been put on hold after politicians r...

'Free the vulnerable from new housing benefit cap'

By Laura Sharman | 07 June 2016

Council leaders have called for supported housing to be exempt from the housing benefit cap to pr...

Ombudsman probe uncovers backlog

By Laura Sharman | 07 June 2016

An investigation by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has uncovered a backlog of 1,500 open en...

English councils urged to follow Wales on recycling

By Laura Sharman | 03 June 2016

Councils in England should be given the ambitious target of recycling 70% of all waste collected ...

Elections error after software glitch

By Laura Sharman | 03 June 2016

Some local authorities have sent polling cards and postal votes to a ‘small number’ of non-eligib...