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Jamie Hailstone

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Are STPs delivering the change agenda?

By Jamie Hailstone | 25 April 2018

Senior local government and health executives met together recently at a round table organised by...

It's all about relationships

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 December 2017

Local authorities have assets and property portfolios which can be unlocked to add value. A com...

Frugal authorities may be left exposed to more cuts

By Heather Jameson and Jamie Hailstone | 15 November 2017

It is a ‘tragic truth’ that local government’s ability to deal with cuts has left it vulnerable t...

Turning challenges into opportunities

By Jamie Hailstone | 15 November 2017

Despite growing challenges for local government and financial uncertainty ahead of the upcoming B...

Working on our Core

By Jamie Hailstone | 11 August 2017

Jamie Hailstone reports from a Core Cities-influenced round table event in Manchester in which ke...

S106 is 'pricing developers out of the market'

By Jamie Hailstone | 07 August 2017

Costly Section 106 agreements are pricing some developers out of the market, according to the pee...

Rental boost revealed as homelessness rises

By Dan Peters | 03 August 2017

The Government has announced further plans to boost the private rental sector and tackle affordab...

Council apologises for pollution figures tampering

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 August 2017

Cheshire East Council has apologised after admitting its air quality figures were deliberately ta...

Serco gets back on the 'long road to prosperity'

By Jamie Hailstone | 28 February 2017

The group chief executive of Serco has admitted the ‘road back to prosperity’ was always going to...

Cornwall shock as Growth Deal only delivers £18m

By Jamie Hailstone | 28 February 2017

Cornwall Council has expressed its ‘shock’ after the Government allotted just £18m to the county ...