Articles by Tom Bridge
'Stern warnings' issued over NHB funding
By Tom Bridge | 08 March 2016
Conservative local government leaders have issued stern financial warnings over reforms to the Ne...
More devolution to fast-growth cities needed
By Tom Bridge | 08 March 2016
Britain’s five ‘fast-growth cities’ need to be higher on the devolution agenda or risk economic s...
Cross-party resistance grows over housing policy
By Tom Bridge | 01 March 2016
Opposition is mounting over government plans for starter homes, as a poll reveals cross-party res...
BCF guidance calms sector fears
By Tom Bridge | 23 February 2016
Sector concerns over new Better Care Fund (BCF) guidance are understood to have been soothed by n...
Battle lines drawn over Euro poll
By Tom Bridge | 23 February 2016
Local government is torn over Britain’s place in the European Union (EU) as prime minister David ...
PHE 'regrets' drop in spending
By Tom Bridge | 10 February 2016
A senior public health official has voiced his ‘regret’ at government cuts to health prevention s...
EXCLUSIVE: New Cornish partnership 'not on table'
By Tom Bridge | 10 February 2016
Cornwall Council’s new chief executive has revealed fresh commercial partnerships are ‘not on the...
Whitehall IER improvement pilots will 'test innovation'
By Tom Bridge | 27 January 2016
Government pilots could be launched on improving individual electoral registration (IER) through ...
GMCA data-sharing body will target spending
By Tom Bridge | 27 January 2016
A data-sharing body could be launched by Greater Manchester combined authority (GMCA) in a bid to...
IoW to challenge finance settlement
By Tom Bridge | 19 January 2016
A legal challenge could be launched by Isle of Wight Council over government funding cutbacks fol...
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