Articles by Chris Mahony
Call for council to publish legal report into chief's 'political' tweet
By Chris Mahony | 20 June 2022
Opposition Conservative councillors have called on Tameside MBC to publish a top lawyer’s report ...
Levelling up 'biased towards larger towns and cities'
By Chris Mahony | 20 June 2022
Rural areas risk losing out on the Government’s levelling up initiative because the programme’s m...
Former mayor takes Tower Hamlets after elections ban
By Chris Mahony | 06 May 2022
Lutfur Rahman, has won the Tower Hamlets LBC mayoralty six years after an electoral commissioner ...
EXCLUSIVE: Councils warned to budget for 4% pay increase
By Mark Whitehead | 03 May 2022
Councils have been warned by local government employers to budget for pay rises of at least 4% th...
Government urged to overhaul public health laws
By Chris Mahony | 03 May 2022
Public health leaders have the Government to overhaul legislation as the UK Health Security Agenc...
Scottish census extended amid low completion rate
By Chris Mahony | 03 May 2022
The Scottish Government has extended the deadline for census returns by four weeks in a bid to bo...
UK comes under pressure to adopt rights charter
By Dan Peters | 26 April 2022
Local leaders will continue to be ‘heavily constrained’ until the UK follows through on its promi...
Minister wades into flexible working debate
By Chris Mahony | 19 April 2022
Civil servants have been told to get back to the office even as local government increasingly mov...
EXCLUSIVE: Council sacked director over 'vexatious and malicious' police report
By Chris Mahony | 19 April 2022
Thanet DC sacked its director of corporate governance and monitoring officer after he submitted ‘...
Funding decision signals 'waning influence' of LEPs
By Chris Mahony | 12 April 2022
The Government’s decision to slash funding for growth hubs and local enterprise partnerships (LEP...
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