How Our Councils Are Failing the Homeless; TOO MANY ARE TURNED AWAY WITHOUT PROPER INTERVIEW, SAYS REPORTTHE "gatekeepers" of crucial council services for the homeless are failing in their duty, according to a report from Citizens' Advice officers throughout Coventry and Warwickshire.While staff ...
in the House of Commons The Cabinet, the major decision-making body in the government, is often associated with the office of the Prime Minister Local Government and Devolution In most areas of England and Wales, local governments are divided between two authorities: county councils, and district...
From Amsterdam to Zurich and many places in-between, tourist taxes are par for the course in Europe. Long accepted as a very minor footnote to many a continental holiday, they haven’t traditionally had much traction in the United Kingdom — that is, unt
There are rewards for them too in many ways of course. They are making their own lives now. We gathered Eamonn Jr, Kali and Courtney for magical reunions and temporary stays from time to time in Ottawa. Through it all, I have had the unstinting support of Mary, her partnership in ...
Like rail workers, although refuse collection workers are employed by private companies, they are contracted by local councils. Bin men and women have carried out various strikes around the country demanding better pay in recent years. Biffa staff in Manchest...
Governments need to ensure continuity of operations for their parliaments, cabinets, and councils so decisions can be made collaboratively and securely, while enabling citizens to watch and participate remotely. A holistic technology solution for remote governance requires the consideration of three key ...
You are destroying our communities and jobs". The fear persists, "What will happen to us if we lose our main economic sector?" Some cities lost two-thirds of their residents after German unification. Many young people left the region in the 1990s due to lack of jobs and high unemployment...
In some other places the statutes said "6 dogs and 6 cats." There have been attempts by different municipalities across the country to enact a two-dog limit, but from what I've been able to gather, those attempts were shot down by citizenry and the local city councils. ...
Interestingly, Lichfields decided to tot up the number of new homes included in every council’s Local Plan across the country, which turned out to be 216,000. Shockingly, we would need to up production by 40% to get from the number of new homes that local councils think should be ...
Today, a number of local councils across England confront a similar fate. Six of them have so far declared bankruptcy, including Birmingham, the largest council in Europe. The Local Government Association believe as many as one in five could follow suit in the years ahead. The financing gap t...