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Articles by Mark Conrad
Council contractors could now face IR35
By Mark Conrad | 31 October 2017
Local government contractors could soon be subject to the same tough rules on personal service co...
Baroness Warsi: DCLG attracts less-able civil servants
By Mark Conrad | 30 October 2017
Former communities minister Baroness Warsi has questioned the quality of civil servants at the De...
Procurement target delay a 'let down' to small businesses
By Mark Conrad | 25 October 2017
Government officials were this week accused of ‘giving up’ on small businesses after Whitehall de...
New research: Whitehall needs to focus on preventative policies
By Mark Conrad | 19 October 2017
Whitehall is regularly drawn into costly, reactionary spending cycles to mitigate crises within t...
Birmingham fearing welfare crisis if UC rollout continues
By Mark Conrad | 18 October 2017
Britain’s biggest local authority claims it faces a homelessness and debt crisis if ministers plo...
Council in talks with government after Vauxhall blow
By Mark Conrad | 17 October 2017
Cheshire West & Chester Council’s leader is monitoring the situation at Ellesmere Port ‘carefully...
Committee chair claims minister ignoring Universal Credit concerns
By Mark Conrad | 17 October 2017
A senior MP has warned Whitehall may be withholding ‘bad news’ in order to present the ‘mega refo...
Unions claim 'huge victory' in equal pay case
By Mark Conrad | 16 October 2017
Trade unions have claimed a ‘huge victory’ in a long-running equal pay case against St Helens MBC...
Authorities 'are vital port of call for advice about UC'
By Mark Conrad | 10 October 2017
Universal Credit (UC) recipients who seek advice on managing their money are more likely to turn ...
Sector's ethnicity under government scrutiny
By Mark Conrad | 10 October 2017
Councils have been warned they must ‘explain or change’ their record on ethnicity despite fresh d...
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