Articles by Chris Mahony
EXCLUSIVE: Growth boards plan for non-mayor areas
By Chris Mahony | 20 February 2020
County councils have suggested ministers should establish growth boards to coordinate economic de...
Further moves to bring troubled housing company in-house
By Chris Mahony | 19 February 2020
The termination of a housing management contract spanning four local authorities in Kent has move...
The sound of silence
By Chris Mahony | 12 February 2020
Local agencies are often ‘woefully ill-equipped’ to stop child sexual abuse in the family environ...
Universal credit pushed back again
By Chris Mahony | 04 February 2020
The Department for Work and Pensions has again shifted the date for full implementation of Univer...
Ministers must heed local productivity gaps
By Chris Mahony | 04 February 2020
Ministerial efforts to reduce the regional productivity gap must recognise the imbalances at loca...
Local agencies 'woefully ill-equipped' to stop child abuse
By Chris Mahony | 04 February 2020
Children are being left at risk because local agencies – including social care – are often ‘woefu...
Serious case review urges focus on home education
By Chris Mahony | 28 January 2020
A serious case review has urged Government advisers to assess home education policies after a boy...
Jenrick in anti-semitism funding threat
By Chris Mahony | 28 January 2020
The Local Government Association (LGA) has rebuffed communities secretary Robert Jenrick’s threat...
Funding is solution to social care recruitment crisis - migration committee
By Chris Mahony | 28 January 2020
The ‘very real problems’ facing social care employers should be addressed through sustainable fun...
Seven out of 10 councils overspend on homelessness
By Chris Mahony | 28 January 2020
Seven out of 10 English councils overspent their homelessness budgets in 2018/19 by a combined to...
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