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WHITEHALL

Wait continues for resettlement scheme details

By Martin Ford | 07 September 2021

Key details of the new resettlement scheme for arriving Afghan refugees have still not been confi...

WHITEHALL

ADPH president gets Whitehall role

By Martin Ford | 03 September 2021

The president of the Association of Directors of Public Health, Jeanelle de Gruchy, has been appo...

HEALTH

'No evidence' integration improves healthcare

By Martin Ford | 03 September 2021

New analysis of health and care integration pilots has questioned the benefits they bring about.

FINANCE

North Yorkshire reorganisation to cost millions

By Martin Ford | 03 September 2021

North Yorkshire CC has committed millions of pounds of reserves towards the costs of local govern...

PLANNING

Cumbria suffers 'loss of trust and reputational damage'

By Martin Ford | 02 September 2021

Cumbria CC has suffered from a breakdown in trust following an error in a planning application fo...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Council in urgent plea for refugee support

By Martin Ford | 02 September 2021

Greenwich LBC has said promised government support for refugees arriving in the borough has faile...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Marsham Street looks to improve councils' 'cyber health'

By Martin Ford | 01 September 2021

The Government is to work with councils in an effort to bolster their cyber security against malw...

HOMELESSNESS

Bromley strikes £67m housing deal

By Martin Ford | 01 September 2021

Bromley LBC is to buy hundreds of homes in a deal aimed at relieving pressure on temporary accomm...

PEOPLE

Chief executive departs Croydon's property firm

By Martin Ford | 01 September 2021

Colm Lacey, who has headed Brick By Brick since its inception in 2016, will leave in the coming m...

WHITEHALL

Staff shortages leaving care at 'breaking point'

By Martin Ford | 01 September 2021

Social care pressures and demand are ‘higher than ever before’ amid a national workforce shortage...

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