Emily Twinch

Deputy editor

Recent articles

Connecting up Belfast

Strong governance gave Belfast City Council both agility and assurance in a project to bring in... Read more
Housing biggest area of council fraud

CIPFA’s local authority fraud tracker shows that councils are concentrating on higher value... Read more
NHS ‘disappointed’ with limited Budget funding boost

NHS bodies have called the chancellor’s commitments to the health service – including... Read more
PM unveils £1.7bn pot for city growth

Cities will benefit from a £1.7bn pot to improve transport links and local growth, the prime... Read more
Grant misspending pinpointed as top fraud risk

Accountants from across the globe consider misspending grant to be the top public sector fraud risk... Read more
Government grant database ‘not detailed enough’

The Cabinet Office has released £100bn of grant data for the first time – but the... Read more
PM scraps Local Housing Allowance caps for social housing

Plans to cap housing benefit at Local Housing Allowance rates in social housing have been scrapped... Read more
Housing companies ‘could be major home providers’

Local housing companies are becoming important providers of housing and could be building up to 15,... Read more
Let councils keep motor taxes to invest in roads, says LGA

Councils could have an extra £418m to spend on local roads if government handed over the... Read more
MPs to probe councils’ landlord regulation role

The communities and local government committee has launched an inquiry into the role of local... Read more

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