Articles by William Eichler
MPs call for oversight of Grenfell inquiry recommendations
By William Eichler | 14 May 2025
MPs have called for an independent national oversight mechanism to ensure the recommendations mad...
GMB: Local government workforce cut by 600,000
By William Eichler | 22 April 2025
Local authorities across England and Wales have lost almost 600,000 members of staff since 2012, ...
Striking Brum bin workers reject pay offer
By William Eichler | 15 April 2025
Refuse collection workers in Birmingham have rejected the city council’s latest pay offer in the ...
Military planners sent to Brum amid bin strikes
By William Eichler | 14 April 2025
Military planners have been called in to help tackle the backlog of rubbish in Birmingham that ha...
Essex CC rejects combined authority plan 'in its current form'
By William Eichler | 10 April 2025
Essex County Council has told the Government that it cannot support the proposal for devolution i...
Staff offered support after mayor's arrest
By William Eichler | 07 April 2025
West of England Combined Authority staff have been offered support after mayor Dan Norris was arr...
Six-figure salaries defended
By William Eichler | 01 April 2025
Council leaders have defended local government salaries exceeding six figures, arguing they were ...
Birmingham declares 'major incident' over bin strikes
By William Eichler | 01 April 2025
Birmingham City Council has declared a major incident to address the impact of long-running bin s...
County clashes with districts over reorganisation engagement
By Dan Peters | 31 March 2025
Surrey CC has accused its district and borough councils of publishing a ‘purposefully biased’ and...
Cladding safety tax delayed one year
By William Eichler | 26 March 2025
A tax to fund the removal of unsafe cladding from homes has been delayed one year over fears it m...
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