Articles by Mark Conrad
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...
Election casts doubt on 100% retention plan
By Mark Conrad | 19 April 2017
Plans to roll out 100% business rates retention from April 2019 have been thrown into the air by ...
CIPFA warning as General Election called
By Mark Conrad | 18 April 2017
MPs should not use the snap General Election to make ‘undeliverable promises’ about the future fu...
Call for 'more sustainable' childcare approach
By Mark Conrad | 18 April 2017
Ministers’ proposed childcare reforms risk repeating the mistakes of the social care market, with...
Asylum seekers shunted to poorest council areas
By Mark Conrad | 11 April 2017
Asylum seekers are being housed for £11 each per night under Whitehall’s ‘incredibly parsimonious...
'Give us powers to over-rule commercial confidentiality'
By Mark Conrad | 11 April 2017
Councils are demanding powers to over-rule ‘commercial confidentiality’ when scrutinising how pri...
75% fail to meet fees deadline
By Mark Conrad | 11 April 2017
Almost three-quarters of councils did not notify providers of disability care about their 2016/17...
Unison Scotland in strike ballot
By Mark Conrad | 11 April 2017
Scotland’s largest local government trade union is to ballot its members over possible strike act...
Northern Powerhouse business backing soars
By Mark Conrad | 05 April 2017
The number of businesses backing the Northern Powerhouse project continues to soar, with eight ne...
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