Articles by Thomas Bridge
Pressure mounts on Cambridgeshire to form unitary
By Thomas Bridge | 28 October 2015
Business leaders in Cambridgeshire have called for the region’s councils to be reorganised into a...
EXCLUSIVE: Electoral register hub could be 'constrained' by Spending Review
By Thomas Bridge | 23 October 2015
A new ‘collaborative hub’ to support councils improve electoral registers is at risk of being hel...
Avoid being 'restrained' by elected mayoral model, councils warned
By Thomas Bridge | 22 October 2015
Councils must avoid being ‘restrained’ by the elected mayoral model if looking to unlock local gr...
Misconduct charges against Caerphilly chiefs dropped
By Thomas Bridge | 21 October 2015
Misconduct charges against three senior Caerphilly CBC officers at the centre of a pay scandal ha...
Business rates powers branded a 'con-trick'
By Thomas Bridge | 20 October 2015
The Scottish Government’s fast-paced devolution of business rates powers has been blasted as a ‘c...
Deal between county and district switches on street lights
By Thomas Bridge | 20 October 2015
Essex CC has accepted a financial offer from Harlow DC that will see local street lights turned b...
Counter-extremist strategy puts councils under spotlight
By Thomas Bridge | 19 October 2015
Councils are to be reviewed on how well they safeguard against ‘entryist’ infiltration as part of...
Scottish councils to gain business rates powers
By Thomas Bridge | 16 October 2015
Scottish councils are to be given powers to cut business rates at the end of the month.
County and unitary agree to share chief in national first
By Thomas Bridge | 15 October 2015
Cambridgeshire CC and Peterborough City Council have agreed to share a chief executive, in the fi...
Stoke-on-Trent chief on 'extended leave' during management probe
By Thomas Bridge | 14 October 2015
Stoke-on-Trent City Council chief executive, John van de Laarschot, is on ‘extended leave’ while ...
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