Articles by Jamie Hailstone
Wirral chief executive to retire
By Jamie Hailstone | 10 October 2014
The chief executive of Wirral MBC, Graham Burgess, has announced he will retire at the end of the...
Clegg calls for garden cities tax cuts
By Jamie Hailstone | 04 August 2014
Nick Clegg has called for homeowners to be compensated with council tax cuts if new garden cities...
Coastal towns to get government cash
By Jamie Hailstone | 01 August 2014
Ministers have announced additional funding for 10 coastal towns to help with essential repairs a...
Councils hit out at planning reforms
By Jamie Hailstone | 01 August 2014
The LGA has warned that government reforms to the planning system will not help high streets plag...
'No' to Hertfordshire waste scheme
By Jamie Hailstone | 01 August 2014
The UK arm of international waste company Veolia has accused the Government of favouring James Bo...
Green light for Royal Albert Docks redevelopment
By Jamie Hailstone | 01 August 2014
Newham LBC has given the green light for the £1bn redevelopment of the historic Royal Albert Docks.
Lord Adonis starts on tri-borough review
By Jamie Hailstone | 01 August 2014
Former Labour transport secretary Lord Adonis is to lead a review into London’s tri-borough partn...
Arts funding plunges by 20%
By Jamie Hailstone | 01 August 2014
A report published by NLGN urges councils to find new ways of championing the arts and culture, a...
ERG 'must improve savings'
By Jamie Hailstone | 01 August 2014
The Government’s efficiency taskforce needs to improve some of its processes behind how it calcul...
Councils to lose radioactive waste veto
By Jamie Hailstone | 29 July 2014
Councils could lose the power to veto nuclear waste being stored in their area, according to new ...
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