Articles by Thomas Bridge
Freud highlights 'game changing opportunity'
By Thomas Bridge | 11 July 2014
Welfare minister Lord Freud has said his department’s door is ‘open’ to councils looking for supp...
Pickles urges councils to unite with LEPs
By Thomas Bridge | 10 July 2014
Financial devolution will only happen ‘quickly’ for interacting and forward thinking councils, co...
Autumn Statement: Public sector job losses offset by businesses
By Thomas Bridge | 05 December 2013
Jobs lost in the public sector will be ‘more than offset’ by employment created by businesses, ch...
AS 2013: Free school meals receive £1bn in new funding
By Thomas Bridge | 05 December 2013
Over £1bn of new funding will be allocated to provide free school meals for all infant school chi...
Think tank: Councils should have bigger minimum wage enforcement role
By Thomas Bridge | 03 December 2013
Councils should be granted a bigger role in ensuring local employers pay the national minimum wag...
TaxPayer's Alliance saving suggestions branded 'ridiculous' by leaders
By Thomas Bridge | 06 November 2013
Council leaders condemn TaxPayer's alliance list of 201 recommendations to help cut council tax.
Shared Lives carers win cash from new Government fund
By Thomas Bridge | 20 August 2013
A social care organisation has been awarded more than £140,000 from a new Government fund to prom...
Rutland chief executive tells councillors to improve behaviour
By Thomas Bridge | 15 August 2013
Rutland Council’s chief executive has said she will pursue legal action against three UKIP counci...
Help to Buy supporting housing market, Pickles claims
By Thomas Bridge | 13 August 2013
Local government minister Eric Pickles has said the success of the Help to Buy scheme has helped ...
Redbridge lambasts Home Office's 'controversial' immigrant van drive
By Thomas Bridge | 29 July 2013
Redbridge LBC has urged the Government to withdraw a mobile ad campaign which urges illegal immig...
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