Articles by Mark Conrad
Asylum centre site could host prison
By Mark Conrad | 25 March 2024
Braintree DC has warned it faces intervention from a second Government department when the Home O...
Complex funding stymies net-zero push
By Mark Conrad | 25 March 2024
A ‘complex web’ of hard-to-reach Whitehall funding pots is hampering councils’ net-zero initiativ...
Hopes for regen scheme revived after Home Office scales back asylum plan
By Mark Conrad | 20 March 2024
A £300m council-led regeneration scheme threatened when Whitehall commandeered the site for asylu...
Officer-councillor tensions affecting outcomes, review finds
By Mark Conrad | 20 March 2024
‘Clear and obvious tensions’ between Teignbridge DC’s executive and senior leadership team are ‘i...
A first step in tackling abuse
By Mark Conrad | 20 March 2024
As the Government finally moves to introduce mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse, councils ...
LGA warning over XL Bully dogs ban
By Mark Conrad | 19 March 2024
Councils face a double whammy of soaring costs and declining police support as they try to enforc...
Government 'may have underestimated' mandatory reporting impact
By Mark Conrad | 19 March 2024
The Home Office may have underestimated the additional number of child sexual abuse (CSA) cases w...
Judgment day
By Mark Conrad | 13 March 2024
Kent and Home Office face growing pressure over asylum-seeking children.
'Housing emergency' council calls for Whitehall action
By Mark Conrad | 12 March 2024
A council that recently declared a housing emergency has written to six Whitehall departments, ur...
Limited exemptions for empty homes powers
By Mark Conrad | 11 March 2024
Councils will face only a limited number of exemptions from new powers allowing them to levy high...
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