Articles by Mark Conrad
EXCLUSIVE: Fresh equal pay claims warning
By Mark Conrad | 05 September 2023
Councils face a fresh wave of potential equal pay claims after a legal ruling exposed problems wi...
EXCLUSIVE: Home Office struggle to deliver Sunak's asylum backlog pledge
By Mark Conrad | 04 September 2023
Home Office officials are struggling to deliver Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s promise to clear a h...
Rayner takes levelling up role as Starmer shuffles his pack
By Mark Conrad | 04 September 2023
Labour leader Keir Starmer has appointed his deputy Angela Rayner as the party’s new shadow level...
Gove to ease nutrient neutrality requirements
By Mark Conrad | 29 August 2023
Ministers have announced they will ease divisive development rules on water pollution blamed for ...
Nine councils in section 114 warning
By Mark Conrad | 25 August 2023
Nine councils within the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (Sigoma) have warned the...
Consultancy challenges ministers over pension pooling drive
By Mark Conrad | 24 August 2023
One of the Local Government Pension Scheme’s (LGPS) biggest consultancies has challenged minister...
Kent due in court over unaccompanied asylum seeking children
By Mark Conrad | 15 August 2023
Kent CC is due back in court today to explain how it will deal with unaccompanied asylum seeking ...
Local government funding system has 'broken down'
By Mark Conrad | 15 August 2023
The funding system for local government has ‘broken down’ and what councils currently receive fro...
Scandal-hit firm reports losses
By Mark Conrad | 14 August 2023
A firm at the centre of a residential care abuse scandal has reported operating losses of £5.8m f...
Health backing for police withdrawal delay
By Mark Conrad | 08 August 2023
Senior healthcare figures have backed councils’ demand to delay police withdrawal from non-urgent...
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