Articles by Mark Conrad
'Churn' among councils' kids' services chiefs lowest since 2012
By Mark Conrad | 02 May 2017
The level of ‘churn’ among council directors of children’s services is at its lowest point for fi...
WMCA gears up for inward investment
By Mark Conrad | 02 May 2017
The West Midlands Combined Authority has overhauled the region’s growth and investment strategy w...
Adults with learning disabilities work comes under scrutiny
By Mark Conrad | 26 April 2017
Councils must do more to measure outcomes and improvements to quality of life for adults with lea...
Judge to investigate Bury chief's suspension
By Mark Conrad | 26 April 2017
Bury MBC has appointed a deputy High Court judge to investigate the circumstances behind the susp...
Whitehall holding up public estate plans
By Mark Conrad | 25 April 2017
Local authorities will have helped create 25,000 new homes by 2020 as part of a Whitehall program...
Universal local services 'hardest hit' by cuts
By Mark Conrad | 25 April 2017
Local government will soon spend just half of what central government pays out for public service...
Pickles to stand down as MP
By Mark Conrad | 24 April 2017
Former communities secretary Sir Eric Pickles has announced he is standing down as MP for Brentwo...
Business rates retention future 'unclear'
By Mark Conrad | 24 April 2017
A think-tank has questioned whether plans for 100% business rates retention will make it back ont...
Rural England Budget blow
By Dan Peters | 20 April 2017
Rural residents are paying an average of £87 more per head in council tax than their urban counte...
UC rollout: pause needed
By Dan Peters | 20 April 2017
Councils have called for a ‘longer pause’ in the rollout of Universal Credit amid the emergence o...
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