Author Profile

MJ Correspondent

Articles by MJ Correspondent

Guide reveals 'vital' role of housing staff

By MJ Correspondent | 01 May 2014

Senior social care staff should ensure their employees understand the roles of housing staff, a n...

Oxford to mull over ethical investment strategy review

By MJ Correspondent | 01 May 2014

Further research into ethical investment decision-making is expected to be carried out by Oxford ...

Agency warns of councils breaking referendum tax limit

By MJ Correspondent | 01 May 2014

English councils are facing ‘increasing challenges’ in absorbing continuing cuts in central gover...

Pension funds call for more work on female representation

By MJ Correspondent | 01 May 2014

Council pension funds are ‘helping maintain the momentum’ towards increased female representation...

Sunderland dropped after bonus fiasco

By MJ Correspondent | 25 April 2014

Council pension funds have claimed the scalp of Barclays’ pay chief Sir John Sunderland.

Regeneration deal moves step closer

By MJ Correspondent | 25 April 2014

Peterborough City Council’s plans to attract millions of pounds of investment to help redevelop t...

Investors retreat from PIP over risk-return changes

By MJ Correspondent | 25 April 2014

Three of the original founding investors of a unique company backed by local government pension f...

Councils 'not complying' with letter of law

By MJ Correspondent | 25 April 2014

Councils have been landed with ‘unworkable’ new regulations that have yet to be reformed by the G...

Reduction in council social care control mooted under DfE plans

By MJ Correspondent | 25 April 2014

Councils would continue to be held to account for their statutory obligations if they were to out...

Fresh war of words over Tower Hamlets after police end probe

By MJ Correspondent | 24 April 2014

A fresh war of words over Tower Hamlets LBC was sparked after police dismissed files handed to th...