Articles by William Eichler
Council threatens action against hotel with asylum seekers
By William Eichler | 06 September 2022
Great Yarmouth BC is taking enforcement action after the Home Office placed asylum seekers in a l...
Council to trial four-day week
By William Eichler | 05 September 2022
South Cambridgeshire DC is planning to begin a three-month trial of a four-day week to attract ne...
Scottish council workers consider 7.5% pay offer
By William Eichler | 05 September 2022
Strikes that have hit schools and waste services across a number of council areas in Scotland hav...
Local government 'over-centralised'
By William Eichler | 02 September 2022
Local government is over-centralised, inefficient and under-resourced, a new report has said.
Lancashire heads for £18m overspend
By Martin Ford | 01 September 2022
The gap has been attributed to the proposed pay increase being higher than expected, and demand f...
Councils warn of plague of potholes and salt shortages
By William Eichler | 31 August 2022
Councils have warned they will struggle to maintain roads and street lights due to inflation.
Councils offered £6,000 to house asylum-seeking children
By William Eichler | 25 August 2022
Councils offered thousands of pounds in an effort to transfer unaccompanied asylum-seeking childr...
Clark told levelling up is little more than a 'slogan'
By William Eichler | 24 August 2022
MPs have criticised the Government’s flagship levelling up Bill for a lack of clarity and funding...
Scottish council workers reject 5% pay offer
By William Eichler | 24 August 2022
Waste service workers will today go on strike across 14 local authority areas in Scotland after t...
Standing desks leave council workers feeling 'energised'
By William Eichler | 18 August 2022
The introduction of standing desks for local authority employees can help improve their health an...
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