Articles by Mark Conrad
Council work highlighted ahead of Budget
By Mark Conrad | 21 November 2017
Local authorities have used this year’s 24-hour tweet-a-thon as an opportunity to showcase the hu...
Emergency spending freeze at Shropshire
By Mark Conrad | 20 November 2017
Shropshire Council has approved an emergency spending freeze after senior officers warned the uni...
Spike in adult safeguarding concerns
By Mark Conrad | 20 November 2017
Local authorities dealt with 1,000 adult abuse concerns per day during 2016/17, with one-third of...
Counties in plea for 'life raft' funding
By Mark Conrad | 20 November 2017
County councils today pleaded for ‘life raft’ funding over the next two years or warned a ‘depres...
Early help victim of cuts
By Mark Conrad | 15 November 2017
‘Crippling’ cuts to children's services have forced councils to slash spending on abuse preventio...
Progress on business rates relief
By Mark Conrad | 15 November 2017
More than 200 councils have now reissued business rates bills in accordance with the Government’s...
More powers call after welfare reform report
By Mark Conrad | 14 November 2017
The Government’s welfare reform objectives are being undermined by a string of financial challeng...
Jones in temporary accommodation warning
By Mark Conrad | 13 November 2017
Local government minister Marcus Jones has warned councils they must notify their peers when plac...
Government unlikely to remove controversial Section 106 loophole
By Mark Conrad | 07 November 2017
The Department for Communities and Local Government is unlikely to remove a controversial loophol...
Slough in turmoil as leader denies sexual harassment allegation
By Mark Conrad | 07 November 2017
Senior councillors at Slough BC are considering a motion to remove the authority’s leader followi...
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