Articles by Thomas Bridge
The winds of change
By Thomas Bridge | 22 September 2015
Labour’s shadow cabinet has hit the ground running. But will its rhetoric of change surrounding l...
Clark backs Greater Yorkshire deal
By Thomas Bridge | 22 September 2015
Communities secretary Greg Clark has hinted he would prefer Yorkshire leaders to unite and form a...
Calls to scrap council home sell off
By Thomas Bridge | 17 September 2015
Local authorities could be forced to sell off 113,000 council homes under planned Right to Buy ex...
Female council workers still losing out over wages
By Thomas Bridge | 10 September 2015
Councils have been accused of ‘dragging their heels’ on equal pay, amid fears many female local g...
'Productive talks' will help SOLACE work with Treasury
By Thomas Bridge | 09 September 2015
Council self-sustainability and housing were on the agenda when the Society of Local Authority Ch...
Brown sets out devolution principles
By Thomas Bridge | 09 September 2015
Former prime minister Gordon Brown has pushed for a set of shared devolution principles, warning ...
West Somerset 'teetering on the edge'
By Thomas Bridge | 09 September 2015
A council on the road to recovery after being deemed ‘not viable’ by the Local Government Associa...
Reserves cap mooted for next Spending Review
By Thomas Bridge | 03 September 2015
Council reserves could be capped as part of cost-cutting efforts in chancellor George Osborne’s u...
Glasgow election an 'opportunity' to heal rift in Scotland – COSLA
By Thomas Bridge | 03 September 2015
A split in Scottish local government could be healed through negotiations with the new Glasgow Ci...
Summer Budget: Osborne cuts benefits cap amid sweeping tax credit reform
By Thomas Bridge | 08 July 2015
George Osborne has promised to forge a ‘lower welfare, lower tax’ Britain with plans to slash the...
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