Articles by Mark Conrad
Councils should help residents do more for themselves, auditor urges
By Mark Conrad | 23 January 2023
Local authorities in Wales should develop community resilience initiatives to help residents do m...
Whitehall engagement varies across departments, review finds
By Mark Conrad | 23 January 2023
Government departments that lack regional structures have struggled to engage with place-based in...
EXCLUSIVE: Unions poised to submit inflation-busting pay claim
By Mark Conrad | 23 January 2023
Local government trade unions are considering an inflation-busting pay demand for 2023-24, The MJ...
Abuse inquiry in risk warning
By Mark Conrad | 17 January 2023
Experts have warned Whitehall’s rejection of key proposals from the Independent Inquiry into Chil...
MPs urge HMRC to up game
By Mark Conrad | 10 January 2023
HMRC is failing to collect billions of pounds of tax it is owed each year that could have helped ...
DLUHC: More section 114 notices not expected
By Mark Conrad | 10 January 2023
Whitehall officials are not expecting councils to issue further section 114 notices in the coming...
Councils call for greater oversight of out-of-school settings
By Mark Conrad | 09 January 2023
Councils have demanded greater powers to scrutinise out-of-school settings (OOSS) after a Governm...
Carter: Reorganisation will boost fiscal devolution case
By Mark Conrad | 13 December 2022
Fiscal devolution must be accompanied by reorganisation and growth incentives if councils are to ...
Council-backed firm moves to spread risk
By Mark Conrad | 13 December 2022
A development firm part-owned by Cambridgeshire CC is seeking sites outside the county as it refo...
Government urged to streamline 'onerous' fund guidance
By Mark Conrad | 12 December 2022
Councils have urged the Government to streamline ‘onerous’ guidance for an adult care fund that h...
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