Articles by Ellie Ames
Scottish councils' debt is one-and-a-half times funding
By Ellie Ames | 08 April 2024
The debt of councils in Scotland is more than one-and-a-half times the latest local government fu...
14 councils 'likely' to issue s114s next year
By Ellie Ames | 28 February 2024
More than half of councils are likely to issue a section 114 notice within the next Parliament un...
Two-thirds of councils to cut neighbourhood services
By Ellie Ames | 27 February 2024
Community services will have to be ‘drastically scaled back’ or cut altogether without further fu...
Ukrainian homelessness likely to rise
By Ellie Ames | 22 February 2024
The risk of homelessness among Ukrainians in the UK is likely to increase as arrangements with sp...
Children's needs not prioritised, service leaders warn
By Ellie Ames | 21 February 2024
Children’s services directors have raised concerns that Government policy does not prioritise chi...
Council appeared to be in 'crisis management mode'
By Ellie Ames | 20 February 2024
‘Multiple and repeated’ failures by Hammersmith & Fulham LBC left residents feeling ‘anything but...
Two-thirds of councils expect to miss waste reform deadline
By Ellie Ames | 15 February 2024
Councils have urged Government to reconsider its ‘unrealistic’ waste reform deadline after resear...
Senior Nottingham councillors refuse to back budget cuts
By Ellie Ames | 14 February 2024
Senior members of cash-strapped Nottingham City Council have refused to recommend a report that p...
New legal bid as long-term asylum site plans confirmed
By Ellie Ames | 02 February 2024
A council has launched a fresh judicial review after Government confirmed its intention to use RA...
Officer-member relations 'fractured' at Wrexham
By Ellie Ames | 01 February 2024
Issues in Wrexham CBC’s planning service mean it is hindered in fulfilling its role, an audit has...
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