Articles by Jamie Hailstone
West Country firms want decision on power plan
By Jamie Hailstone | 02 August 2016
Council leaders have called on the Government to make a final decision on Hinkley Point C as soon...
Poverty adds billions to social care bill, claims foundation
By Jamie Hailstone | 01 August 2016
Tackling poverty in England is costing local authorities more than £12bn a year in additional soc...
Holyrood to carry on with named person programme
By Jamie Hailstone | 29 July 2016
Scottish ministers have vowed to carry on with their controversial plans to appoint a named perso...
Rise in upheld ombudsman complaints
By Jamie Hailstone | 28 July 2016
The proportion of complaints upheld by the Local Government Ombudsman has risen by 5%, according ...
11th hour bid to share resources
By Jamie Hailstone | 26 July 2016
Taunton Deane BC and West Somerset Council have made an ‘11th hour’ offer to a third local author...
Reshuffle raises question marks over social care
By Jamie Hailstone | 26 July 2016
The Department of Health (DoH) has denied social care has been downgraded after a reshuffle of mi...
Council fights PCC controls
By Jamie Hailstone | 26 July 2016
West Sussex CC has pledged to fight plans by the police and crime commissioner (PCC) to take cont...
Borrow more to fund post-Brexit infrastructure
By Jamie Hailstone | 26 July 2016
Balfour Beatty has called on the Government to borrow more money in order to keep infrastructure ...
Ashford celebrates mall's turnaround
By Jamie Hailstone | 26 July 2016
Ashford BC has celebrated the turnaround in fortunes of a shopping mall a year after it was bough...
Councils sign multi-billion pound deals
By Jamie Hailstone | 25 July 2016
Barnet LBC and Sheffield City Council have signed multi-billion pound deals to transform their ar...
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