Mark Smulian

is a freelance journalist

Recent articles

MPs call for council scrutiny shake up

Local government needs a cultural change to allow the scrutiny process to work properly, a... Read more
Think-tank recommends commissions to boost local prosperity

Every city and combined authority should set up an Inclusive Growth Investment Commission, the... Read more
Landlords increase investment in housing by 15%

Housing associations increased their investment in housing by 15% in the past year, regulator the... Read more
Ofsted warns of 130 schools failing to improve for 12 years

A hard-core of some 130 ‘intractable’ schools has stubbornly failed to improve since... Read more
LGA: Councils facing a financial cliff edge

A likely delay in 100% business rate retention has left councils facing a financial cliff edge in... Read more
Police conducting ‘meticulous investigation’ into Grenfell

Police have mounted an investigation in the Grenfell Tower fire disaster on a scale matched only by... Read more
Kerslake quits as hospital trust chair in funding protest

Former civil service head and CIPFA member Lord Kerslake has quit as chair of the Kings College... Read more
Whitehall failing to prepare border for Brexit, says PAC

Government departments are taking a near “reckless” approach to managing the UK border... Read more
Publish progress report on devolution now, LGA tells government

The Local Government Association has called on the government to urgently release its annual... Read more
Coastal communities amongst most deprived in UK, says think-tank

Britain’s coastal communities rank among the worst performers for earnings, employment,... Read more

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