Articles by Mark Conrad
Ministers hand councils new education role
By Mark Conrad | 02 October 2017
Scottish ministers have watered down plans to reduce council influence over schools.
Fresh audit warning for Brum
By Mark Conrad | 02 October 2017
Birmingham City Council’s auditors have delivered another major warning over the authority’s budget.
Scots set for new care abuse claims
By Mark Conrad | 27 September 2017
Scotland’s councils have been warned to brace themselves for a wave of compensation claims from p...
County funding plans under threat amid uncertain Budget
By Mark Conrad | 27 September 2017
Counties have intensified their campaign for more funding – targeting the Treasury and urging swi...
Blurring of responsibilities could undermine growth
By Mark Conrad | 26 September 2017
Combined authorities must work with local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) to overcome the ‘institu...
Essex joins fair funding campaign
By Mark Conrad | 25 September 2017
Essex CC has launched a campaign for fairer funding from government, amid growing concern that co...
Five authorities to demand voter ID
By Mark Conrad | 19 September 2017
Voters across five local authority areas will be required to show ID before they can participate ...
'Ease pay restraints or face retention crisis'
By Mark Conrad | 19 September 2017
Councils could face a management-level recruitment and retention crisis unless public sector pay ...
Council apologises to child abuse victims
By Mark Conrad | 19 September 2017
Rochdale MBC has apologised to victims of child abuse ahead of what is likely to be a critical in...
Universal Credit halt calls grow
By Mark Conrad | 18 September 2017
Ministers have come under renewed pressure to halt the rollout of Universal Credit as housing ren...
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