Articles by Emily Twinch
Outsourcing social care provision has 'failed to deliver' expected benefits
By Emily Twinch | 08 October 2024
English councils have increasingly outsourced social care provision but private firms have fallen...
Investment and growth focus for first Council of the Nations and Regions meeting
By Emily Twinch | 08 October 2024
A partnership group bringing together regional mayors and national leaders will focus on investme...
Watchdog warning over council finances
By Emily Twinch | 01 October 2024
The pace and scale of improving Scottish councils’ services needs to significantly increase to ac...
'Scant' budget report criticised by peer review
By Emily Twinch | 01 October 2024
A finance peer review of East Hertfordshire DC has criticised the lack of information in a budget...
More than £2m needed to sort Welsh recycling scheme
By Emily Twinch | 30 September 2024
Senior Denbighshire CC members will be asked to plough more than £2m into a recycling scheme that...
Reeves says 'no return to austerity'
By Emily Twinch | 23 September 2024
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has vowed ‘there will be no return to austerity’ at the Labour Party Con...
Charity warns council not to charge parents for taking children into care
By Emily Twinch | 23 September 2024
A charity has called on a council not to charge for children taken into care because it could det...
'Larger projects slowing down housebuilding rate'
By Emily Twinch | 18 September 2024
The speed of approving large developments is slowing down the rate of housebuilding in the UK rat...
Councils step up to help pensioners hit by winter fuel scheme cuts
By Emily Twinch | 16 September 2024
Councils are working to help older people keep their homes warm after the Government axed winter ...
Peers find 'blurred' responsibilities between officers and members
By Emily Twinch | 16 September 2024
Ashfield DC must resolve issues with the ‘blurred’ responsibilities of members and officers, a re...
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