Articles by Mark Conrad
EC report claims voter satisfaction
By Mark Conrad | 18 July 2013
Voter confidence in the most recent round of local elections was ‘high’, with 90% of voters satis...
GMB slams 'hypocrisy' of council pensions
By Mark Conrad | 18 July 2013
Ministers’ plans to ban councillors from local government pension schemes have been described as ...
Pickles under pressure to review standards regime
By Mark Conrad | 18 July 2013
Local government lawyers have urged Eric Pickles to undertake a wide-ranging review of the standa...
Bucks 'unlikely to pursue' path to unitary status
By Mark Conrad | 11 July 2013
Buckinghamshire CC leader, Cllr Martin Tett, says county is unlikely to pursue unitary status, de...
Jillings study uncovers 'extensive' child abuse
By Mark Conrad | 11 July 2013
Belated publication of child abuse report at north Wales care homes reveals ‘extensive’ abuse ove...
Heseltine sizing up Richmond HQ
By Mark Conrad | 11 July 2013
Coalition growth tsar, Lord Heseltine, reveals plans to relocate his publishing firm to a new hea...
York leader slams pay rise proposals for MPs
By Mark Conrad | 11 July 2013
Cllr James Alexander writes to prime minister warning him not to support MPs’ pay hike while cut...
MP Grieve favours Bucks' unitary shift
By Mark Conrad | 08 July 2013
Councils in Buckinghamshire should consider a voluntary move to a unitary model, the Coalition’s ...
End of the road for Barnett?
By Mark Conrad | 04 July 2013
The abolition of the controversial 1970s Barnett spending formula is one of the headline proposal...
CEOP: councils must step up efforts to combat child sex abuse
By Mark Conrad | 02 July 2013
Police urge councils to do more to tackle child sexual exploitation, after new evidence shows man...
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