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Hiba Mahamadi

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Milestone £1.4bn joint venture project approved

By Hiba Mahamadi | 15 November 2017

Croydon LBC has agreed to go ahead with a milestone £1.4bn regeneration scheme in partnership wit...

Glasgow says goodbye to Serco IT partnership

By Hiba Mahamadi | 15 November 2017

Glasgow City Council has selected software company CGI to deliver its IT services, as its £260m j...

Council eyes property joint venture

By Hiba Mahamadi | 15 November 2017

Rushcliffe BC could launch a joint venture property company with a developer after a cabinet meet...

Redrow declares 'year of progress'

By Hiba Mahamadi | 15 November 2017

Housebuilder Redrow has predicted a ‘year of progress’ despite a drop in sales over the last few ...

Children's commissioner adds to calls for Universal Credit pause

By Hiba Mahamadi | 14 November 2017

The children’s commissioner Anne Longfield will ask the Treasury to pause the rollout of Universa...

Mayors call for end to police cuts

By Hiba Mahamadi | 14 November 2017

Mayors Andy Burnham and Sadiq Khan have called on chancellor Philip Hammond to end cuts to police...

Raise more taxes to fund social care, report urges

By Hiba Mahamadi | 13 November 2017

The Government should consider increasing National Insurance contributions and inheritance tax to...

Third highest recommendations to Prevent come from councils

By Hiba Mahamadi | 10 November 2017

The third highest number of referrals to the Government’s Prevent programme came from local autho...

Council tax to be mostly spent on social care

By Hiba Mahamadi | 10 November 2017

Nearly 60% of council tax will have to be spent on adult social care and children’s services from...

Adult social care and NHS equally important, sector warns

By Hiba Mahamadi | 09 November 2017

The NHS will continue to struggle as long as adult social care remains underfunded, the sector ha...