Dominic Brady

PF reporter.
Left in February 2020.

Recent articles

Brexit will hit public finances, conference hears

Day-to-day spending on public services will fall by 0.6% in real terms between 2020-21 and 2022-23... Read more
Hancock made health secretary in Cabinet change

Matt Hancock has been appointed secretary of state for health and social care in the Cabinet... Read more
Bed blocking costing NHS ‘£550 per minute’

Bed blocking because of a lack of social care availability is costing the NHS an “eye-watering” £... Read more
NHS’ extra £20bn a year will go to ‘plugging austerity gaps’

Most of the NHS’ new £20bn a year will be spent on filling the financial gaps caused by eight... Read more
Flawed outsourcing approach ‘risks another Carillion’

The Carillion crisis “could happen again” unless the government changes its approach to outsourcing... Read more
Commission launched to tackle homelessness

A commission has been launched to help English councils halt the “runaway train of increasing... Read more
Put up tax to pay for social care, say councils

Nine in 10 councils think increased tax is crucial to stabilising the adult social care sector,... Read more
MPs: Fracking should remain a local decision

Taking fracking planning decisions away from local authorities would be a “backward step”, MPs have... Read more
Sunak makes ‘digital pledge’ to reboot council services

Councils will be able to bid for government funding to transform online services, local government... Read more
Local authority bus budgets cut by 45%

Local authority bus budgets in England and Wales have been cut by 45% - £182m – since 2010/11,... Read more

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