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Hiba Mahamadi

Articles by Hiba Mahamadi

Councils could lose millions in utilities repayments after court ruling

By Hiba Mahamadi | 04 December 2019

Local authorities could be facing repayments worth millions of pounds to council tenants in exces...

East Riding top of recycling rates

By Hiba Mahamadi | 02 December 2019

East Riding of Yorkshire Council has topped the Government’s list of local authority recycling ra...

Domestic abuse crime figures surge

By Hiba Mahamadi | 25 November 2019

The number of domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police has surged by 24% in the year ...

Fuelling the future

By Hiba Mahamadi | 14 August 2019

Hiba Mahamadi looks at how the two councils who have stepped in to the energy market have fared s...

Pension pool to smash Osborne target

By Hiba Mahamadi | 05 August 2019

A local government pension pool has announced plans to accumulate more than £30bn of assets by th...

Boris' devolution solution

By Hiba Mahamadi | 01 August 2019

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged more devolution to councils and communities in a bid to ...

Children's services, adult social care top list of complaints

By Hiba Mahamadi | 30 July 2019

Most complaints about councils received by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) i...

Report: Council of the North needed to drive growth

By Hiba Mahamadi | 30 July 2019

A Council of the North should be created to develop and implement an industrial strategy for the ...

Improvements for Worcestershire children's services

By Hiba Mahamadi | 29 July 2019

Worcestershire CC’s children’s services have improved since they were rated inadequate three year...

Boris Johnson backs local government devolution

By Hiba Mahamadi | 29 July 2019

Council leaders will be given 'greater powers' while cities, counties and towns will become 'more...