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Councils welcome court ruling on HIV drug

By Thomas Bridge | 02 August 2016

Councils have welcomed a High Court ruling that an HIV drug can be legally funded by the NHS, aft...

Concerns raised after school funding delay confirmed

By Thomas Bridge | 26 July 2016

A long-trailed overhaul of school funding has been delayed until 2018, prompting ‘disappointment’...

How can May deliver on housing?

By Thomas Bridge | 26 July 2016

Theresa May is under pressure to turn around Government action on housing. Thomas Bridge assesses...

Devolution 'underpowered under austerity cosh'

By Thomas Bridge | 21 July 2016

Devolution is failing under the ‘austerity cosh’ and only handing ‘piecemeal’ housing powers to l...

Staff cuts at Hull are 'inevitable'

By Thomas Bridge | 20 July 2016

Hull City Council has admitted further staff reductions are ‘inevitable’ amid efforts to bring fo...

All change please

By Thomas Bridge | 20 July 2016

HS2 is not the only change hitting Birmingham in the coming years. Mark Rogers and Cllr John Clan...

Osborne: Northern Powerhouse must be Government priority

By Thomas Bridge | 19 July 2016

George Osborne has urged the Government to ‘sustain’ support for the Northern Powerhouse while vo...

Funding fears over Whitehall devo strategy

By Thomas Bridge | 13 July 2016

Whitehall has been warned it is ‘building failure’ into devolution unless it provides more fundin...

Clark hints support for devo deal without mayor

By Thomas Bridge | 06 July 2016

Communities secretary Greg Clark has hinted he could back devolution in Leicestershire without en...

Demand for mayor in devo deals might 'not last forever'

By Thomas Bridge | 06 July 2016

The Government could scrap demands for an elected mayor in devolution deals, a local government a...