Articles by Jamie Hailstone
Birmingham to make contact centre U-turn
By Jamie Hailstone | 03 July 2014
Birmingham City Council has voted to bring the contact centre run by its controversial partnershi...
Adult social care spending falls again
By Jamie Hailstone | 02 July 2014
Spending on adult social care has fallen for the third year running, according to the latest surv...
Miliband promises combined authorities extra business rates yields
By Jamie Hailstone | 01 July 2014
The Labour Party has unveiled its plans for devolution with plans for more combined authorities a...
Miliband pledges devolution revolution
By Jamie Hailstone | 30 June 2014
Labour leader Ed Miliband has pledged to reverse a ‘century of centralisation’ with more devoluti...
Local authorities get adoption funding boost
By Jamie Hailstone | 27 June 2014
Ten councils around the country are to get a £2m boost to help adopted children settle into new h...
Welsh Government warns of cuts to come
By Jamie Hailstone | 27 June 2014
Welsh council chiefs told to prepare for cuts of up to 4.5% next year.
Osborne releases devolution 'genie'
By Jamie Hailstone | 26 June 2014
Combined authority leaders are set to draw up a ‘manifesto’ for the North after Chancellor George...
Timpson: Give councils freedom to deliver services differently
By Jamie Hailstone | 23 June 2014
Councils are to be given new freedoms to transfer children’s social care services to mutuals and ...
Atkins chief champions new infrastructure role
By Jamie Hailstone | 20 June 2014
The UK boss of international engineering firm Atkins has called for the Government to appoint an ...
HS2 rail college shortlist revealed
By Jamie Hailstone | 20 June 2014
The Government has announced a shortlist of four cities that could become home to the new HS2 rai...
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