Articles by Mark Conrad
Labour pledges to revitalise high streets
By Mark Conrad | 12 April 2023
Labour will today promote its plan to revitalise ailing high streets through a £700m fund to help...
Welsh Government 'deeply disappointed' at delay to deprivation of liberty overhaul
By Mark Conrad | 11 April 2023
The Welsh Government is ‘deeply disappointed’ that UK ministers have delayed reforms to the depri...
Experts' warning over audit deadlines
By Dan Peters | 11 April 2023
September’s deadline for local audits ‘will not be achievable’ unless swift measures are taken to...
Labour sends in local government improvement boards
By Mark Conrad | 11 April 2023
The Labour Party has mimicked the Local Government Association’s (LGA) peer review process by est...
Government moves to introduce mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse
By Mark Conrad | 03 April 2023
Councils are braced for reforms to improve the tackling of grooming gangs – including mandatory r...
Councils warning over Prevent reforms
By Mark Conrad | 28 March 2023
Councils have raised serious concerns about the Government’s proposed Prevent counter-extremism s...
Council opposition to Government asylum plan grows
By Mark Conrad | 28 March 2023
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s push to close asylum hotels and rehouse thousands on former military...
Council provided £1m loan amid collapse fears
By Mark Conrad | 27 March 2023
Coventry City Council provided a £1m loan to a failing cultural trust knowing there was a risk of...
Childcare warning after Budget announcement
By Mark Conrad | 21 March 2023
Wider reform of childcare will be needed if ministers are to deliver a sustainable wraparound sys...
More than 370 local audit opinions still outstanding, MPs told
By Mark Conrad | 21 March 2023
More than 370 local audit opinions for 2021-22 are still outstanding despite recent measures desi...
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