Articles by Jamie Hailstone
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...
Councils poised to join grammar schools race
By Jamie Hailstone | 12 September 2016
Local authorities could start building new schools again under Theresa May’s plans to create more...
Welsh council merger plans 'delayed by a decade'
By Jamie Hailstone | 09 September 2016
Plans to merge local authorities in Wales could be delayed by up to 10 years, according to the We...
Whitehall publishes Neighbourhood Planning Bill details
By Jamie Hailstone | 08 September 2016
The Government has published details of its new Neighbourhood Planning Bill, which it claims will...
LGA joins opposition to 'golden hellos'
By Jamie Hailstone | 08 September 2016
Council leaders have joined officers in calling for a ban on independent agencies offering foster...
Grammar schools branded 'palpable tosh and nonsense'
By Jamie Hailstone | 06 September 2016
Education experts have called on politicians to heed warnings by Sir Michael Wilshaw about govern...
Authority's green light to double size of MediaCityUK
By Jamie Hailstone | 06 September 2016
Salford City Council has given the green light to plans to double the size of MediaCityUK in a bi...
NAO slams DfE's apprenticeship programme
By Jamie Hailstone | 06 September 2016
The National Audit Office (NAO) has criticised the Department for Education’s (DfE) handling of t...
Children's charity goes into administration
By Jamie Hailstone | 06 September 2016
More than 60 workers at 4Children have been made redundant, after the charity closed suddenly las...
Council buys stake in crowdfunding website
By Jamie Hailstone | 06 September 2016
Lancashire CC has bought a stake in a website which allows people to buy and sell concert and fes...
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