Articles by Naomi Larsson
Barnsley 'high performing' despite austerity
By Naomi Larsson | 22 July 2019
Barnsley MBC is ‘high performing’ despite its long battle with austerity, a peer review by the Lo...
'Nearly everyone' showed correct ID in voter trials
By Naomi Larsson | 22 July 2019
An independent evaluation of voter ID trials in May has found they were a success and ‘nearly eve...
Youth service review launched
By Naomi Larsson | 16 July 2019
A review has been launched into statutory guidance for councils on youth service provision.
Universal Credit draining council resources
By Naomi Larsson | 15 July 2019
Universal Credit (UC) is draining resources from councils, a new survey has found.
Trust in planners 'almost non-existent'
By Naomi Larsson | 10 July 2019
Public trust in councils to make planning decisions in the best interests of communities is ‘almo...
Councils hit out at standardisation drive
By Naomi Larsson | 09 July 2019
Council figures have hit out at a government consultation to standardise recycling across the cou...
Public backs social enterprises to deliver services
By Naomi Larsson | 09 July 2019
Almost nine out of 10 UK residents would prefer for outsourced services to be delivered by social...
Call for delay to finance system reforms
By Naomi Larsson | 09 July 2019
A group of London councils have called for the Government to delay its overhaul of the local gove...
Court date set for councils' £2bn tax dispute with NHS trusts
By Naomi Larsson | 08 July 2019
A court date has been set for the long-running legal dispute between councils and NHS trusts over...
Further delay to devolution drive
By Dan Peters | 24 April 2019
The Government’s repeatedly-delayed devolution framework will not be published until after Brexit...
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