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Hiba Mahamadi

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Lambeth to lend £300m to new housing company

By Hiba Mahamadi | 23 January 2018

Lambeth LBC will lend at least £300m to its new housing company over the next five years to kicks...

Liverpool moves away from joint ventures with private sector

By Hiba Mahamadi | 23 January 2018

Liverpool City Council has indicated a move away from joint venture partnerships as it decides wh...

Appoint 'invigilator' to monitor outsourcing contracts, sector told

By Hiba Mahamadi | 22 January 2018

The public sector needs to compile a ‘Domesday Book’ of all public service outsourcing contracts ...

Doncaster's children's service emerges from 'dark' period

By Hiba Mahamadi | 19 January 2018

Doncaster MBC’s children’s services have been declared good by Ofsted - four years after the coun...

Nottinghamshire apologises for historic child sexual abuse

By Hiba Mahamadi | 18 January 2018

The ‘dreadful stain’ on Nottinghamshire CC cannot be denied or excused, the council leader has sa...

Cabinet Office: Interserve not going to be another Carillion

By Hiba Mahamadi | 18 January 2018

The Cabinet Office has denied rumours it is concerned infrastructure firm Interserve is headed in...

Councils lack PFI management skills

By Hiba Mahamadi | 18 January 2018

Local authorities lack the skills necessary to manage Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contracts ...

London Councils maintains it wants 100% retention in face of government claim

By Hiba Mahamadi | 17 January 2018

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) belief that councils do not w...

We're not going to do your work for you, Government tells councils on Grenfell

By Hiba Mahamadi | 16 January 2018

Local authorities should not expect the Government to do their work for them to make buildings sa...

Carillion forced into liquidation

By Hiba Mahamadi | 15 January 2018

One of the country’s biggest construction and facilities management companies, Carillion, has gon...