John Sinnott
Time to get an honest act together
Some councils with unsustainable budgets are generously funded while others with sound financial management are poorly funded. For too many in local government it is the truth that dare not speak its name, writes John Sinnott.
Still not joined up
The sudden appearance of a £200m reduction in local authorities’ public health budgets does feel as if it has come directly from the civil service and happily picked up by ministers, writes John Sinnott.
