Articles by Mark Conrad
Chief defends handling of children's services
By Mark Conrad | 28 September 2022
The chief executive of Solihull MBC has defended his handling of children’s services following th...
Care service cash to be eaten up by bureaucracy, COSLA claims
By Mark Conrad | 27 September 2022
Operating costs for Scotland’s new National Care Service will eat up 60% of the cash being inject...
'Serious concerns' raised over chiefs after child deaths
By Mark Conrad | 26 September 2022
MPs have written to new education secretary Kit Malthouse raising ‘serious concerns’ over the chi...
Nandy pledges to boost council housing
By Mark Conrad | 26 September 2022
Shadow levelling up secretary Lisa Nandy this week vowed to end the political ‘vandalism’ of UK s...
Lack of insulation progress to cost billions, says LGA
By Mark Conrad | 26 September 2022
Slow progress in insulating homes will cost the Government at least £4.2bn over the next two year...
Mayor 'baffled' by community unrest
By Mark Conrad | 20 September 2022
Leicester’s directly-elected mayor, Sir Peter Soulsby, has said he is ‘baffled’ by the widespread...
MPs question levelling up progress and achievability
By Dan Peters | 20 September 2022
MPs have expressed concern about the ‘slow’ progress and achievability of the Government’s levell...
Improvements demanded by review of troubled project
By Mark Conrad | 20 September 2022
A review of a troubled IT programme across two councils has demanded improved governance and acco...
Districts lobby DLUHC over TIF
By Dan Peters | 16 September 2022
District councils have been lobbying ministers to allow them to monetise the benefits of growth.
Thurrock fails in bid to suspend chief
By Mark Conrad | 16 September 2022
The council failed in its bid to suspend Lyn Carpenter at meeting last night in a co-ordinated po...
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