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Jamie Hailstone

Articles by Jamie Hailstone

Are STPs delivering the change agenda?

By Jamie Hailstone | 25 April 2018

Senior local government and health executives met together recently at a round table organised by...

It's all about relationships

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 December 2017

Local authorities have assets and property portfolios which can be unlocked to add value. A com...

Turning challenges into opportunities

By Jamie Hailstone | 15 November 2017

Despite growing challenges for local government and financial uncertainty ahead of the upcoming B...

Frugal authorities may be left exposed to more cuts

By Heather Jameson and Jamie Hailstone | 15 November 2017

It is a ‘tragic truth’ that local government’s ability to deal with cuts has left it vulnerable t...

Working on our Core

By Jamie Hailstone | 11 August 2017

Jamie Hailstone reports from a Core Cities-influenced round table event in Manchester in which ke...

S106 is 'pricing developers out of the market'

By Jamie Hailstone | 07 August 2017

Costly Section 106 agreements are pricing some developers out of the market, according to the pee...

Rental boost revealed as homelessness rises

By Dan Peters | 03 August 2017

The Government has announced further plans to boost the private rental sector and tackle affordab...

Council apologises for pollution figures tampering

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 August 2017

Cheshire East Council has apologised after admitting its air quality figures were deliberately ta...

Serco gets back on the 'long road to prosperity'

By Jamie Hailstone | 28 February 2017

The group chief executive of Serco has admitted the ‘road back to prosperity’ was always going to...

Cornwall shock as Growth Deal only delivers £18m

By Jamie Hailstone | 28 February 2017

Cornwall Council has expressed its ‘shock’ after the Government allotted just £18m to the county ...