Oliver Rudgewick

PF reporter

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Recent articles

MPs criticise Covid-19 furlough fraud recovery

“Woeful” progress on recovering fraudulent and incorrect claims from Covid-19 job support schemes... Read more
12 councils say statutory services threatened by cuts

A dozen English councils risk failing to meet their statutory duties in the coming months, which... Read more
State-owned electricity company could reduce costs by £21bn

Creating a state-owned company to generate electricity could save UK households £21bn a year and... Read more
NI civil servants vote overwhelmingly for industrial action

Northern Ireland’s largest public sector union has become the latest to approve industrial action,... Read more
Costs of council’s historic child abuse compensation scheme exceeds predictions

“Significantly” more victims of historical child abuse have come forward in a London borough than... Read more
Croydon’s Penn report a warning to sector

A landmark independent report on governance failures at the London Borough of Croydon represents an... Read more
Scotland pushes back care centralisation plans

Delaying its controversial flagship social care policy gives the Scottish Government time to engage... Read more
Government signals further flexibility for Thurrock, Croydon & Slough

Three councils have received preliminary approval from the government to use almost £900m of... Read more
Pay a ‘critical factor’ in care workforce crisis – King’s Fund

Councils will be unable to meet the swelling demand for social care without additional funding to... Read more
Fee increases tipped to help pressured planning services

Large increases to planning fees could give an “essential boost to over-stretched planners” and... Read more

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