Articles by Hiba Mahamadi
PAC: Government should intervene over local plans
By Hiba Mahamadi | 26 June 2019
The Government should use its ‘powers to intervene’ to ensure councils without local plans make t...
Councils to get £300,000 for obesity pilots
By Hiba Mahamadi | 25 June 2019
The Government has decided to award five local authorities £300,000 each to trial programmes to t...
Chief executives least likely to be privately educated
By Hiba Mahamadi | 24 June 2019
Council chief executives are among the least likely to have been privately educated compared to t...
'Stuck in the past'
By Hiba Mahamadi | 13 June 2019
Campaigners have claimed parts of local government are ‘still stuck firmly in the past’ after a c...
Voter ID confidence drops
By Hiba Mahamadi | 12 June 2019
The proportion of people who think voter ID helps to prevent electoral fraud has dropped from 52%...
Court ruling defends council but warns others
By Hiba Mahamadi | 10 June 2019
A crucial Supreme Court judgment has dismissed a family’s claim against a council for housing the...
Scottish pension fund highlights 'significant achievements'
By Hiba Mahamadi | 10 June 2019
A Scottish pension fund administered by Aberdeen City Council has posted a profit in excess of £3...
£250bn and more devolution needed to tackle oncoming crisis
By Hiba Mahamadi | 28 May 2019
The Government needs to invest £250bn and commit to devolution if it is to tackle the jobs, housi...
Unchaining social value
By Hiba Mahamadi | 28 May 2019
A new report reveals some councils are building social value into their procurement – but that se...
Scottish councils need more power - think-tank
By Hiba Mahamadi | 28 May 2019
Scottish local government needs a ‘renewal,’ a think tank has urged, with directly elected mayors...
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