Mark Smulian

is a freelance journalist

Recent articles

Adult social care faces 'tipping point'

Adult social care faces a tipping point with too many cases of poor service standards, the Care... Read more
CIPFA highlights signs of councils’ financial stress

CIPFA has called on local government to be alert for five warning signs of financial stress and has... Read more
Combined authorities risk ‘becoming a curiosity of history’

The six mayor-led combined authorities risk becoming “a curiosity of history” as there... Read more
Poorest English graduates have the ‘world’s highest student debt’

The poorest English graduates have the world’s highest student debt, research by the... Read more
Government orders taskforce to take over key services at RBKC

The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea faces government intervention in the wake of its much... Read more
LGA: councils face £5.8bn funding gap by 2020

Councils face a funding gap of £5.8bn by 2020 and should be “at the front of the queue... Read more
Tories drop plan to scrap free school meals

The government has dropped the controversial Conservative manifesto commitment to scrap free school... Read more
Public sector pay fell by 3.1% in a decade, says quango

Staff whose pay is determined by public sector pay review bodies (PRB) saw their earnings fall by 3... Read more
Less than 30% of homes planned for green belt are affordable, says CPRE

Some 425,000 houses are planned for green belt sites, of which more than 70% will be unaffordable,... Read more
Kensington and Chelsea Council appoints new leader

The leader brought in as a new broom at the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea served in its... Read more

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