Dominic Brady

PF reporter.
Left in February 2020.

Recent articles

Low fees leave home care providers ‘fragile’

Low fees paid by councils to providers have left the home care sector in a “fragile state”, the... Read more
Call to rethink councils’ approach to failure

There needs to be a “thorough rethink” about how to approach failure in local government, think-... Read more
Councils to be handed £11m to help with homelessness plans

Councils will be expected to publish official plans to tackle rough sleeping and homelessness by... Read more
Hutton calls for action on wealth inequalities

The UK must come up with “better answers” on how to spread prosperity to all regions of the country... Read more
German-style tax on the middle-aged ‘could solve social care funding crisis’

A 2.5% income tax on the over-40s could raise up to £15bn every year to fund social care, a study... Read more
MPs blame complex rail system for timetable chaos

Poor leadership and the “astonishing complexity” of the rail system lead to a “totally unacceptable... Read more
Councils advised to ‘prepare now for any kind of Brexit’

Local authorities need to be prepared for any form of exit from the EU and now is the time to “... Read more
Ombudsman tells councils to ‘focus on the basics’ when changing services

Councils must not “throw out the rule book” as they redesign services to cope with increasing... Read more
Troubled Birmingham prison ‘violent and unsafe’

A prison where the government was forced to step in to assume management control has received a... Read more
CIPFA revises financial resilience index plans following feedback

CIPFA has refined its plans for a financial resilience index for councils and is poised to rate... Read more

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