Articles by William Eichler
First coastal tourist tax on hold
By William Eichler | 02 July 2024
The first so-called coastal tourist tax in the UK has been put on hold following opposition from ...
Lib Dem £300m pothole pledge 'won't scratch the surface'
By William Eichler | 20 June 2024
The Lib Dems have committed to spending £300m over the next Parliament to fill 1.2 million pothol...
Levelling up progress 'glacial', think-tank says
By William Eichler | 19 June 2024
Progress on levelling up in England has been ‘glacial’ and – according to some metrics – inequali...
Unison: More than nine out of 10 council workers reject pay offer
By William Eichler | 17 June 2024
Thousands of council workers in Scotland have voted overwhelmingly to reject a pay offer from loc...
Councils looking after record 576,000 children with SEND
By William Eichler | 13 June 2024
Councils are looking after record numbers of children and young people with special educational n...
Cash-strapped Slough BC faces going £11m over budget
By William Eichler | 13 June 2024
Slough BC’s leadership should take ‘immediate action’ as the council is at risk of going £11m ove...
Labour pledges to fix one million potholes
By William Eichler | 12 June 2024
One million potholes a year will be fixed if Labour is elected on 4 July, shadow transport secret...
Labour pledges to 'fix our broken housing market'
By William Eichler | 07 June 2024
Labour would bring back council house-building targets and hire new officers to deal with the bac...
Hunt rules out 'expensive' council tax revaluation
By William Eichler | 06 June 2024
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has pledged that if elected a Conservative government would not undertake ...
Quarter of councils spending 5% of budgets on temporary accommodation
By William Eichler | 05 June 2024
One in four councils in England spent 5% of their core budgets on temporary accommodation in 2022...
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