Articles by Jamie Hailstone
Balls to make devolution speech
By Jamie Hailstone | 02 February 2015
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls is expected to make a speech this week promising £30bn of devolved mon...
Report calls for devolution re-think
By Jamie Hailstone | 02 February 2015
Plans to devolve more powers to local government will not improve regional variations in the econ...
Oxfordshire to cull chief executive role
By Jamie Hailstone | 30 January 2015
Oxfordshire CC has announced chief executive Joanna Simons will be standing down at the end of Ju...
Report slams lack of care progress
By Jamie Hailstone | 30 January 2015
A major report into standards of care for disabled people has called for ‘much faster and sustain...
LGA: Give greater powers to combined authorities
By Jamie Hailstone | 27 January 2015
Government plans to change the rules around combined authorities and economic prosperity boards (...
Glasgow's games generate £600m for British firms
By Jamie Hailstone | 27 January 2015
Last year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow generated more than £600m in contracts for British firm...
Concerns over council's contract with Mouchel
By Jamie Hailstone | 27 January 2015
Bournemouth BC’s former head of finance has claimed she had serious concerns about the local auth...
Bid to get public custom-building own homes
By Jamie Hailstone | 27 January 2015
Capita and Lloyds Banking Group have joined forces for a new scheme to help councils construct ne...
Minister warns of 'negative' behaviour in the run up to Welsh mergers
By Jamie Hailstone | 27 January 2015
Welsh public services minister Leighton Andrews has warned against ‘negative behaviour’ that migh...
Burnham proposes home care army for the NHS
By Jamie Hailstone | 27 January 2015
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has pledged to create a home care army of more than 5,000 wo...
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