Articles by Thomas Bridge
Council set to approve 'Canary Wharf of Birmingham'
By Thomas Bridge | 13 October 2015
Plans to create a £600m ‘Canary Wharf of Birmingham’ are due to be adopted by the city council ne...
Counties and districts unite to explore devolution options
By Thomas Bridge | 08 October 2015
County and district leaders are this morning meeting to jointly form a plan on how to address dev...
Only 'few' councils to win substantial fiscal devolution
By Thomas Bridge | 07 October 2015
Few councils are likely to gain significant financial powers under the Government’s devolution dr...
Slow staff recruitment 'costs councils £437m'
By Thomas Bridge | 07 October 2015
Inefficient council recruitment is costing hundreds of millions of pounds in lost productivity, a...
Slow council hiring costs £437m, finds report
By Thomas Bridge | 06 October 2015
Inefficient council recruitment is costing hundreds of millions of pounds in lost productivity, a...
Unions accept 2.5% pay rise offer from COSLA
By Thomas Bridge | 02 October 2015
A 2.5% pay rise will be awarded to Scottish local government staff after trade unions accepted a ...
Scotland explores greater island devolution
By Thomas Bridge | 01 October 2015
Greater powers could soon be devolved to councils on Scottish islands under new proposals put for...
Leader fears devolution failure
By Thomas Bridge | 30 September 2015
Doubts have been cast over the success of Hampshire’s devolution bid by a local district leader, ...
DCLG slammed over public land sell-off
By Thomas Bridge | 25 September 2015
MPs have blasted the ‘insulting’ Government approach to the disposal of public land for housing, ...
Council trials Britain's first monthly bin collection
By Thomas Bridge | 24 September 2015
A council has become the first in Britain to trial monthly bin collections, despite historic gove...
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