Articles by Jamie Hailstone
Legal challenge to halt social care cap fails
By Jamie Hailstone | 14 August 2013
Worcestershire and North Yorkshire CCs have won High Court battles over social care costs and ene...
Conservatives favour unitary authority
By Jamie Hailstone | 14 August 2013
The Conservative group on Stroud DC has called for a working group to be set up to look at creati...
LGA issues welfare reform warning
By Jamie Hailstone | 12 August 2013
The Local Government Association has called for the Government to relax the rules around borrowin...
Government fund has helped community groups forge links with public sector
By Jamie Hailstone | 12 August 2013
A £30m fund for third sector groups has helped ‘cement’ links between community groups and the pu...
More people using personal budgets, say care bosses
By Jamie Hailstone | 08 August 2013
The number of people using direct payments to fund care programmes has also increased - from 13.7...
Campaign launched to keep more services in public hands
By Jamie Hailstone | 08 August 2013
A new campaign has been launched to ensure more services are kept in public hands, as Buckinghams...
Campaign for unitary councils launched
By Jamie Hailstone | 08 August 2013
A UKIP district councillor has launched a nationwide campaign to abolish second tier authorities,...
Waste contract decision defended
By Jamie Hailstone | 07 August 2013
The Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority (MWDA) has defended its decision not to award a £1bn ener...
Merseyside plans won't create a 'super council'
By Jamie Hailstone | 07 August 2013
Local authorities in Merseyside have denied plans to create a combined authority will lead to the...
Joint study demanding unity over SME planing
By Jamie Hailstone | 05 August 2013
Local and central government must to do more to ‘align’ policies closer to the needs of local bus...
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