James McHugh

1 month ago | themj.co.uk | James McHugh |Emma McGowan |Christopher Hammond |Richard Baker

The financial costs of temporary accommodation (TA) pose an existential threat to local authorities across the country. Recent data paints a stark picture of this crisis, with TA expenditure reaching £2.42bn in 2023-24. Even more troubling is the human cost – TA has been linked to the deaths of 74 children in England over the past five years.

1 month ago | themj.co.uk | Emma McGowan |Paul Marinko |James McHugh |Nick Raper

Following Angela Raynor's speech last month, it feels like every day someone is spotting something new or having a different take on something we thought we had figured out. There have been phone calls aplenty behind the scenes, picking apart the timelines and annexes of the correspondence that followed the launch of the Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) and devolution process. The sector's WhatsApp channels haven't stopped buzzing.

Apr 23, 2024 | verdict.justia.com | James McHugh

The hotly contested 2020 Presidential Election was filled with complaints—not only about the election results, but also about the voting process itself. Aggregated and escalated, those complaints led not only to litigation, but also to doubts in some quarters about the reliability of the results the process produced. As we look ahead to November, it is likely that the voting process will again be severely tested unless confidence-inducing changes to the process are made.

Apr 12, 2024 | healthcarefinancenews.com | James McHugh |Nathan Eddy |Andrea Fox

75% of healthcare professionals expect widespread implementation of AI in three years, according to a new Berkeley Research Group study. That's quite the positive response for a technology very new to healthcare. What's more, 87% of provider respondents are confident in their organizations' ability to comply with regulations surrounding AI, the study finds. Another unusually huge response to artificial intelligence.

Mar 6, 2024 | newstribune.com | James McHugh

COMMENTARY: Alabama, religious freedom and frozen embryosToday at 3:00 a.m.byJames McHugh, The Fulcrum (TNS)The Alabama Constitution provides that "no religion shall be established by law" and that "the civil rights, privileges, and capacities of any citizen shall not be in any manner affected by his religious principles."