Articles by Jamie Hailstone
Budget cuts 'could be end of local government'
By Jamie Hailstone | 03 December 2014
The Green Party MP Caroline Lucas has tabled an early-day motion warning that local government wi...
Voluntary merger plans slow to form
By Jamie Hailstone | 02 December 2014
Just six of the 22 local authorities in Wales have submitted voluntary merger plans, the Welsh Go...
Extra NHS cash causes political storm
By Jamie Hailstone | 01 December 2014
Labour has accused the Conservatives of recycling money following George Osborne’s announcement o...
Andrews: We can no longer pretend that local government can do everything
By Jamie Hailstone | 28 November 2014
The Welsh public services minister has warned that councils must reflect the people they serve as...
Welsh shake-up may cost more than it saves
By Jamie Hailstone | 25 November 2014
Finance chiefs have warned that the Welsh Government’s plan for voluntary local government reorga...
Wolverhampton mulls over name change
By Jamie Hailstone | 25 November 2014
Wolverhampton City Council is considering a re-branding of itself as the City of Wolverhampton to...
CBI calls for rates reform
By Jamie Hailstone | 25 November 2014
Bosses’ group the CBI has called on the chancellor to reform the current business rates regime, w...
Trading company to support schools
By Jamie Hailstone | 25 November 2014
Wirral MBC and Cheshire West & Chester Councils have agreed to form a trading company to support ...
Business leaders back £15bn One North plan
By Jamie Hailstone | 25 November 2014
Business leaders have backed a council-led plan to transform the North of England’s economy.
Staff shortages erode switch to community-based services
By Jamie Hailstone | 25 November 2014
A new report by the King’s Fund has warned that government plans to move to community-based servi...
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