Articles by Mark Conrad
Is the Prevent strategy reaching maturity?
By Mark Conrad | 22 May 2019
The Home Office is positioning its controversial Prevent counter-terror activity alongside town h...
Dilnot in hypothecated tax warning
By Mark Conrad | 16 October 2018
The solution to the social care funding crisis should emerge from general taxation and means-test...
Council has settled more than 180 abuse claims
By Mark Conrad | 15 October 2018
Nottinghamshire CC has settled more than 180 civil claims linked to the Independent Inquiry into ...
Leader threatens legal challenge over tunnel
By Mark Conrad | 15 October 2018
Thurrock Council’s leader has threatened a judicial review of Highways England’s plan for a Lower...
MHCLG rejects performance call
By Mark Conrad | 10 October 2018
Marsham Street has rejected MPs’ call to publish a regular breakdown of council performance acros...
Finance settlement has 'gravest implications'
By Mark Conrad | 09 October 2018
Councils have dismissed today’s Welsh Government’s finance settlement as a ‘bread and butter budg...
Chiefs to take on key policy roles for SOLACE
By Mark Conrad | 09 October 2018
The Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE) plans to strengthen its leadership team ...
Missed savings could lead to overspend
By Mark Conrad | 08 October 2018
Kingston upon Thames LBC is expected to overspend by £4m this year after finding a third of plann...
Council tax collection drops further
By Mark Conrad | 08 October 2018
Council tax collection rates in England declined slightly in 2017/18, new data from the Ministry ...
Isle of Wight open to new devolution deal after Government rejection
By Mark Conrad | 08 October 2018
A senior Isle of Wight councillor has warned the island will ‘not be bounced into new arrangement...
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