Articles by Tom Bridge
Housing benefit claims make authorities overspend their funding allocations
By Tom Bridge | 13 July 2016
More than 120 councils have overspent their government funding allocation to support the housing ...
Capital spend warning for councils
By Tom Bridge | 15 June 2016
Auditors have warned the risks from shifting council investment in capital programmes must be bet...
Spending on social care spirals by 25%
By Tom Bridge | 02 June 2016
Council spending on social care services has spiralled by as much as a quarter since 2012/13, dat...
Chancellor branded 'biggest threat to devolution'
By Tom Bridge | 17 May 2016
Greater Manchester’s interim mayor Tony Lloyd has branded chancellor George Osborne the ‘biggest ...
Key cities need fiscal freedom to reverse under investment
By Tom Bridge | 03 May 2016
Full fiscal autonomy must be extended to key cities if the Northern Powerhouse is to turn back fi...
Authority's plan to save UK steel sector
By Tom Bridge | 12 April 2016
Newcastle City Council has produced a four-point plan on how to save the UK steel industry.
Leeds to manage Syrians' relocation
By Tom Bridge | 12 April 2016
Leeds City Council has been approached by the Home Office to help manage an eight-year relocation...
Clark pledges to align councils and business
By Tom Bridge | 06 April 2016
Communities secretary Greg Clark has pledged that 100% rate retention will make business and coun...
Local authorities forced into council tax support cuts
By Tom Bridge | 05 April 2016
Some 340,000 low-income families will face a council tax rise this month as England’s local autho...
'Seek new models of care' Scots told
By Tom Bridge | 22 March 2016
The Scottish Government has been urged to find ‘new models’ for integrating health and social car...
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