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Articles by Laura Sharman
HMJ: Peers reject 'regressive' change to social care cap
By Laura Sharman | 15 March 2022
The House of Lords has rejected an amendment to the £86,000 care cap that would have seen people ...
HMJ: Risk warning over screen time
By Laura Sharman | 15 March 2022
Children’s health is being put at risk due to the rise in time they are spending on devices, rese...
HMJ: Councils urged to clamp down on junk food adverts
By Laura Sharman | 15 March 2022
Public health experts have urged local authorities to restrict junk food advertising to stop comp...
HMJ: Progress on racial equality not 'far or fast enough'
By Laura Sharman | 15 March 2022
Trust leaders are ‘angry and frustrated’ over the slow pace of progress on race equality, accordi...
HMJ: Call to place alcohol addiction nurses in 'Deep End' GPs
By Laura Sharman | 15 March 2022
A pilot scheme that placed specialist addiction nurses in GP surgeries across the most disadvanta...
HMJ: Minimum pricing not driving up cross-border purchases
By Laura Sharman | 15 March 2022
People did not travel extensively outside of Scotland to buy cheaper alcohol following the introd...
Right to Buy policy has been 'strategic failure'
By Laura Sharman | 09 March 2022
Right to Buy in England has become a 'strategic failure' that has exacerbated inequalities in soc...
Report finds Havant could financially become a standalone council
By Mike Yuille | 09 March 2022
Havant BC will dip into its reserves as part of a package of measures to prepare for ending its p...
Delay to waste scheme will create 'vacuum of uncertainty'
By Dan Peters | 04 March 2022
A scheme to shift the cost of collecting household waste from taxpayers to producers has been del...
Chief in council pension funds transparency call
By Laura Sharman | 03 March 2022
A council chief executive has called for ‘full transparency’ from all local government pension sc...
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