Mark Smulian

is a freelance journalist

Recent articles

LGA: better resourced councils could ease hospital burden

Up to a quarter of hospital patients could be better cared for in their homes if council social... Read more
Treasury to sell more of Bradford & Bingley’s mortgage assets

Chancellor Philip Hammond has launched a further sale of mortgage assets from the former Bradford... Read more
Public investment could rise under mooted Hammond “reset”

Chancellor Philip Hammond faces a sharp deterioration in the public finances in his Autumn... Read more
Counties and mets biggest losers in shift away from local government grant

County and metropolitan councils have been the biggest losers from the switch away from grants to... Read more
Unison warns government not to push LGPS on infrastructure investment

Unison has warned the government that it would be acting unlawfully if it pressed the eight new... Read more
Masses of public sector jobs ‘could be lost to automation’

Up to 861,000 public sector jobs could be automated by 2030, according to research, although the... Read more
Green Investment Bank finance for Kent street lighting scheme

The UK Green Investment Bank has loaned £10.2m to Kent County Council to support its £... Read more
Put prisons and probation in local hands, says RSA

Prison and probation services are failing to protect the public from reoffending and should be... Read more
Prime minister warned Brexit risks UK constitutional crisis

Prime minister Theresa May risks provoking a constitutional crisis if she fails to reach agreement... Read more
Reading council faces equal pay challenge

Reading council – the only local authority in England and Wales never to settle an equal pay claim... Read more

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