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Hiba Mahamadi

Articles by Hiba Mahamadi

Care 'catastrophe'

By Hiba Mahamadi and Dan Peters | 27 September 2017

Friction rises as council leaders warn over Whitehall’s threats to withhold bed-blocking cash.

Council defends plans to borrow £100m to fund £1bn regeneration project

By Hiba Mahamadi | 26 September 2017

Bolton MBC's leader has defended plans to borrow £100m to fund a £1bn regeneration project.

Send commissioners to Grenfell fire council, Labour demands

By Hiba Mahamadi | 25 September 2017

The shadow home secretary Diane Abbott has called on the Government to send commissioners into Ke...

Council to slash adult social care budget by £56m

By Hiba Mahamadi | 22 September 2017

Hampshire CC has agreed to cut nearly £56m from its adult social care budget as part of plans to ...

Work and pensions secretary to give evidence on Universal Credit

By Hiba Mahamadi | 21 September 2017

The Work and Pensions Committee will take evidence on Universal Credit from the department's secr...

Welfare policy undermining councils fight against homelessness

By Hiba Mahamadi | 21 September 2017

The Government’s welfare policy is preventing councils from effectively tackling homelessness, a ...

Council to spend £250,000 on leisure centre inquiry

By Hiba Mahamadi | 20 September 2017

Dumfries & Galloway Council’s £250,000 investigation into the failings of a sports and leisure ce...

Electoral staff 'need improvement'

By Hiba Mahamadi | 19 September 2017

Plymouth City Council must take ‘urgent action’ to improve the quality of its elections staff aft...

Sector urged to create 'digital enterprise zones'

By Hiba Mahamadi | 19 September 2017

Vodafone has called on central and local government to create ‘digital enterprise zones’ across E...

Javid's top-to-bottom social housing review

By Heather Jameson and Dan Peters | 19 September 2017

Communities secretary Sajid Javid has launched a green paper on social housing in the aftermath o...