Dominic Brady

PF reporter.
Left in February 2020.

Recent articles

LGA urges government to provide more support for carers

The social care system could “collapse” unless the government steps in with more financial support... Read more
Counties likely to slash frontline services next year to balance budgets

English county councils will cut frontline services next year as they try to make... Read more
Millions of people living in poverty in the UK, says new measurement

A commission, using its own unique measurement, has concluded 14.2 million people in the UK were... Read more
Government to hand back powers to Rotherham

The UK government will return all powers to Rotherham Council after a three-year intervention, the... Read more
LGA: PM’s housing £2bn needed now and for councils too

Funding to build more housing should go to councils – not just housing associations – and must be... Read more
Government ‘should borrow more to protect public services’

The government should borrow tens of billions of pounds more a year to protect public services, a... Read more
Cable highlights ‘serious underfunding’ of public services

Public services are “crying out for money” the Liberal Democrat leader has told the party’s annual... Read more
NHS waiting list in England for routine operations jumps 29%

Official data has revealed the waiting list for routine operations on the NHS rose by 29% in the... Read more
Surrey council told to ‘fundamentally reform’ services

Surrey County Council must “act now” to make sure it has enough reserves to plug its predicted... Read more
Somerset blames ‘broken’ funding system for major cuts

Somerset County Council has announced a raft of cuts to services, saying the local authority... Read more

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