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Articles by Mark Conrad
Government commits to review councils' refugee capacity
By Sam Clayden | 08 March 2017
The Government has committed to publishing ‘regular updates’ on the number of child refugees rese...
More authorities plan to outsource fostering services
By Mark Conrad | 08 March 2017
More local authorities are poised to outsource their entire fostering and adoption services to ch...
Councils may lose out on growth after 100% rates retention
By Mark Conrad | 08 March 2017
Councils on the cusp of redistribution thresholds after 100% business rates retention could be di...
HMRC tool is inconclusive
By Mark Conrad | 08 March 2017
Questions have been raised about the taxman’s new tool designed to assess the status of public se...
Hammond comes under renewed pressure on social care
By Mark Conrad | 06 March 2017
Chancellor Philip Hammond has come under renewed pressure to invest fresh cash into adult social ...
MPs call for government to publish fresh asylum data
By Mark Conrad | 06 March 2017
Ministers should publish fresh data on councils’ ability to take unaccompanied asylum-seeking chi...
Bury chief suspended amid investigation
By Mark Conrad | 28 February 2017
Bury MBC has suspended its chief executive, Mike Owen, pending the full outcome of an independent...
Concerns over VOA's ability to manage 'deluge' of rates appeals
By Mark Conrad | 28 February 2017
Council treasurers have questioned whether the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) will be able to cope...
MPs urged to examine sector's finances
By Mark Conrad | 28 February 2017
The chair of a leading pensions body has called for MPs to examine the local government scheme.
Government struggling to implement Spending Review - report
By Mark Conrad | 28 February 2017
Town hall powers to bring forward council tax rises to tackle Britain’s social care crisis ‘may p...
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