Articles by Jamie Hailstone
'Cut council tax discounts to raise £3m revenue'
By Jamie Hailstone | 21 September 2016
Local authorities could generate up to £3m extra revenue if Scottish government plans to remove t...
Calls for fundamental elections rethink
By Dan Peters | 20 September 2016
Electoral administrators have called for a ‘root and branch review’ of the system after back-to-b...
Former ministers call for cross-party care commission
By Jamie Hailstone | 19 September 2016
Politicians from across the divide have joined forces to call for a cross-party commission to tac...
Sheffield city region mayor not 'a done deal'
By Jamie Hailstone | 16 September 2016
Plans for a directly-elected mayor for the Sheffield city region are not a ‘done deal’ despite go...
£9.2m windfall for councils
By Jamie Hailstone | 14 September 2016
Local authorities across the country are to receive a six-figure windfall after the council-owned...
'Abolish this unfit authority,' says MP
By Jamie Hailstone | 14 September 2016
A Conservative backbench MP has called for Lancashire CC to be abolished after it agreed to close...
Council rapped over doomed £10m loan
By Jamie Hailstone | 14 September 2016
Auditor KPMG has criticised Northampton BC for its handling of a doomed £10.25m loan to a footbal...
Credit union investment will aid residents
By Jamie Hailstone | 14 September 2016
Councils should invest in credit unions to help residents avoid the clutches of ‘legal loan shark...
Districts set to enter property business
By Jamie Hailstone | 14 September 2016
Three more district councils are expected to join the growing number of local authorities enterin...
Aberdeen's Hilton deal to create 350 jobs
By Jamie Hailstone | 14 September 2016
Aberdeen City Council has signed a franchise deal with Hilton Worldwide to open a new hotel at th...
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