Articles by Laura Sharman
Boroughs and mayor should join forces to push for 'radical' new housing powers
By Laura Sharman | 07 March 2016
The mayor of London and boroughs should join forces to push for ‘radical’ new powers over housing...
Council to close trading company
By Laura Sharman | 18 February 2016
Shropshire Council has decided to close its company ip&e after it failed to make enough profit.
Pay rise despite 'challenges'
By Laura Sharman | 09 December 2015
Council staff have been offered a 1% pay increase from April 2016 and a further 1% the following ...
Spending Review: Annual housing budget doubled to £2bn
By Laura Sharman | 25 November 2015
The country’s ‘biggest affordable house building programme since the 1970s’ has been unveiled in ...
Spending Review: Council-run schools to be consigned to history
By Laura Sharman | 25 November 2015
Local authority-run schools will be a ‘thing of the past,’ the chancellor announced in his Spendi...
Adult social care complaints on the rise
By Laura Sharman | 12 November 2015
Complaints about adult social care have increased in number by 18% over the past year, figures ha...
Osborne to announce 30% departmental cuts
By Laura Sharman | 09 November 2015
Four government departments, including the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)...
Midlands partnership links to Northern Powerhouse
By Laura Sharman | 22 October 2015
A landmark partnership to connect the Northern Powerhouse and the Midlands Engine has been agreed...
Sandwell votes to join West Midlands Combined Authority
By Laura Sharman | 21 October 2015
Sandwell Council has voted in favour of joining the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).
Council leader quits over mayoral views
By Laura Sharman | 20 October 2015
Guildford BC leader Stephen Mansbridge has quit as a councillor, saying he cannot accept changes ...
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