Neil Merrick

Neil Merrick is a freelance journalist

Recent articles

Home truths: PF Awards Grand Prize winner

Neil Merrick meets the winner of this year’s Public Finance Grand Prix Award and the Alternative... Read more
Homing in on the housing crisis

A year on from the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act, Neil Merrick looks at what’s... Read more
The only way is Wessex? Devolution and development in the South West

CIPFA conference returns to Bournemouth and the South West next week. Neil Merrick takes a... Read more
Good causes for concern: focusing on the third sector

Charities hold major contracts to provide public services in numerous areas. How can they do this... Read more
Keeping children safe

Demand for children’s services is rising and need is getting sharper. How can councils meet this?... Read more
Strength in unity - or loss?

Councils are looking at going beyond shared services to merging to form new authorities. What does... Read more
The levy, apprenticeships and the public sector

Download this CIPFA Insight on the way the public sector could be affected by the apprenticeship... Read more
School funding: sum of its parts?

The schools’ national funding formula is designed to be equitable but can such radical... Read more
Cultivating talent: will the apprenticeship levy reap rewards or cost the earth?

Growing skills through apprenticeships is now mandatory, with large public sector bodies having to... Read more
Housing white paper: going off plan

The government’s housing white paper marks a policy shift from home ownership to renting and... Read more

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