Articles by Mark Conrad
'County lines push leaves CSE response stretched'
By Mark Conrad | 06 December 2022
A UK-wide push to tackle county lines has watered down public bodies’ focus on child sexual explo...
Gove ditches key housing target
By Mark Conrad | 06 December 2022
Housing secretary Michael Gove has caved in to pressure from backbench MPs and watered down Gover...
Labour outlines huge devolution push
By Mark Conrad | 05 December 2022
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has proposed removing the ‘dead hand of centralisation’ by devolvi...
Labour to hand sector control of back to work programmes
By Mark Conrad | 29 November 2022
Councils will be handed control of back to work programmes under a Labour Government, shadow mini...
Chiefs reluctantly accept £1,925 pay increase
By Mark Conrad | 29 November 2022
Town hall chiefs have reluctantly accepted a £1,925 pay increase for 2022 – a lower percentage in...
Autumn Statement falls short of Hunt's own social care estimates, peers warn
By Mark Conrad | 28 November 2022
Peers today warned chancellor Jeremy Hunt his Autumn Statement falls short of his own estimates f...
Sector braced for more s114 notices after third for Croydon
By Mark Conrad | 22 November 2022
The sector is braced for further section 114 notices after Croydon LBC this week issued its third...
Croydon issues third section 114 notice
By Mark Conrad | 22 November 2022
Croydon LBC has issued its third section 114 notice in three years, admitting it will not be able...
Stark Solace survey gives thumbs down to Autumn Statement
By Mark Conrad | 21 November 2022
Nine in ten senior council managers believe the Autumn Statement will impact negatively on their ...
Warning over councillor-officer problems
By Mark Conrad | 21 November 2022
A governance review of Southampton City Council has warned the authority’s new administration cou...
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