Articles by Emily Twinch
Call for more guidance to tackle rough sleeping
By Emily Twinch | 14 February 2025
Councils need more guidance to help them turn the tide of rising levels of rough-sleeping, mainly...
IPPR calls for stronger planning departments
By Emily Twinch | 14 February 2025
Government should beef up planning departments to achieve its 1.5 million new homes target, a thi...
Peer warning over councillor financial understanding
By Emily Twinch | 03 February 2025
Not all 39 councillors at a Nottinghamshire council are fully getting to grips with the financial...
Cantle: Councils should focus on community cohesion
By Emily Twinch | 30 January 2025
Councils should be left to concentrate on community cohesion with the Prevent radicalisation prog...
HMRC does not know how much National Insurance it collects from councils
By Emily Twinch | 29 January 2025
HMRC has said it does not hold data on employers National Insurance Contribution (NIC) payments r...
DCN: Triple drainage board funding
By Emily Twinch | 29 January 2025
Umbrella-body the District Councils’ Network (DCN) has called on the Government to increase its f...
'Challenging future' for Scottish councils
By Emily Twinch | 28 January 2025
Local authorities in Scotland dug into savings to close a budget gap of £759m last financial year...
Schools Bill criticised by commissioner
By Emily Twinch | 27 January 2025
The children’s commissioner has criticised Labour’s schools Bill, arguing it does not include det...
Knowsley leaving children 'being harmed or at risk'
By Emily Twinch | 21 January 2025
Regulator Ofsted has rated Knowsley MBC’s children’s services inadequate, warning the council was...
Ombudsman struggles to allocate cases
By Emily Twinch | 17 December 2024
A 15% increase in complaints received by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman in the la...
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