Kerry Lorimer

Freelance journalist

Recent articles

Accountability must go ‘hand in hand’ with power for new local mayors

Stronger safeguards are needed to protect accountability as the government moves ahead with plans... Read more
MPs: Introduce five-year settlements for local buses

The government has been urged to introduce five-year funding settlements for local buses to replace... Read more
Suffolk reorganisation row as county council claims districts’ plan is ‘unworkable’

Proposals to split Suffolk into three new unitaries as part of the reorganisation of English local... Read more
Seven LGPS funds announce preferred pool

Seven local authority pension funds seeking a new home under plans to consolidate the Local... Read more
Tourism tax ‘sensible first step’ to local control of the industry, think-tank says

Councils should be given the power to levy taxes on visitors as part of a radical shift towards a... Read more
Fair Funding Review to hit inner London the hardest as East Midlands benefits most – IFS

Inner London boroughs will be the biggest losers under plans to shake up the distribution of local... Read more
BoE drops interest rates but Bailey warns ‘we still have a job to do’ on inflation

The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 4% while warning that its approach to further... Read more
Workforce pressures in Scottish local government need ‘urgent progress’

Scottish councils have been told to make urgent improvements to their workforce planning as... Read more
Prison capacity crisis laid bare as review reveals system was ‘three days from collapse’

Tension between policy and funding decisions has underpinned a long-running prison capacity crisis... Read more
Right to Buy has hit council balance sheets by £326bn – think-tank

The policy of selling off local authority homes at a discount under Right to Buy has represented a... Read more

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