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STPs: 'naive NHS' recipe for disaster'

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 July 2016

Proposals to reform health services through sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) are a ...

Five Kent districts look at merger options

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 July 2016

Five district councils in Kent are to discuss merging into a single authority this month.

Lib Dems claim Northern Powerhouse is 'smoke and mirrors'

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 July 2016

The Government’s Northern Powerhouse agenda is nothing more than ‘smoke and mirrors,’ the Lib Dem...

Northern Powerhouse devolution could create 850,000 jobs

By Jamie Hailstone | 30 June 2016

New technologies, infrastructure and investment could help transform the north of England’s econo...

'Limited evidence' to support new integration roles

By Jamie Hailstone | 30 June 2016

New integrated care jobs are not necessarily the best way of bringing services together, a leadin...

Court throws out boycotts complaint

By Jamie Hailstone | 29 June 2016

The High Court has dismissed claims of antisemitism against three local authorities following the...

Corbyn refuses to quit in face of council leaders' call

By Jamie Hailstone | 29 June 2016

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has refused to stand down as prominent local authority leaders join t...

Capita buys Trustmarque from Liberata for £57m

By Jamie Hailstone | 29 June 2016

Capita has bought the IT company Trustmarque Solutions from rivals Liberata for £57m.

Three-prong threat to home care sector

By Jamie Hailstone | 29 June 2016

A triple threat of financial pressures, staffing shortages and shrinking local authority budgets ...

Child cruelty 'highest in decade'

By Jamie Hailstone | 29 June 2016

Recorded child cruelty offences are the highest they have been in a decade, children’s charity th...