Council launches investigation after five-year-old dies in tower block fall
17/05/2024 Newham Council will carry out an investigation following the death of a five-year-old boy who fell from a tower block of flats in east London yesterday. |
New police powers ‘would mean more injustices’
17/05/2024 Police are ‘completely unqualified’ to receive new powers to ban activities in public places, a campaign group has argued. |
Council suspends meeting amid disorder over 20mph ‘frustration’
17/05/2024 A Ramsey Town Council meeting was suspended and a man was asked to leave after the agenda descended into a heated discussion about a 20mph traffic zone. |
Apostrophe ‘lives on’ in North Yorkshire
17/05/2024 North Yorkshire Council is ditching plans to stop using apostrophes on street signs and has promised to reinstate the punctuation mark on a controversial sign. |
Hampshire leader announces abrupt resignation
16/05/2024 The leader of Hampshire County Council has announced he is standing down next week after two years in the role. |
Chris Kamara granted Freedom of Wakefield
16/05/2024 Wakefield Council has awarded ‘local and national legend’ Chris Kamara MBE a Freedom of the City for his services to the area and to charity. |
Somerset to save £8m with 201 redundancies
16/05/2024 Somerset Council has accepted 201 redundancy applications, which it said would save more than £8m a year. |
Safeguarding panel calls for register of home-educated children
15/05/2024 An expert child safeguarding panel has joined calls for a statutory register of children who are electively home educated. |
New boundaries in Coventry, Surrey and Staffordshire council areas
15/05/2024 Coventry City Council’s wards will be altered and boundary divisions for Surrey and Staffordshire county councils are also set to change. |
Dorset to host UK’s first coastal ‘tourist tax’
15/05/2024 The first coastal ‘tourist tax’ in the UK is set to be introduced in Dorset after hoteliers in the region voted for the plans. |
Labour-commissioned report calls for cap on rent rises
14/05/2024 Rent rises should be capped to help millions of struggling renters in England and Wales, a new report commissioned by Labour argues. |
96% of taxi drivers licensed in Wolverhampton live elsewhere
14/05/2024 Only 813 of more than 21,000 taxi and private hire vehicle drivers licensed in Wolverhampton in the last year live within the council area. |
Government criticised over free school meals threshold freeze
14/05/2024 The Liberal Democrats have criticised the Government for failing to increase the income threshold for free school meals in line with inflation. |
North Yorkshire consults on new town councils
14/05/2024 Residents of Harrogate and Scarborough are being consulted on plans to create town councils for both areas. |
Somerset’s £24m-a-year waste contract at risk
13/05/2024 Somerset Council’s waste collection contract is at risk after Suez disclosed ‘significant losses’ and said it may have to end the deal early. |
Tower Hamlets apologises after ‘gatekeeping’ finding
13/05/2024 Tower Hamlets did not do enough to help a family threatened with eviction, an ombudsman has found. |
Call to fix ‘incomplete patchwork’ of devolution deals
13/05/2024 The next government must extend devolution to 85% of England to address an ‘incomplete patchwork of mismatched deals’, a think-tank has argued. |
SEND experience in Bury has been ‘poor for too long’
09/05/2024 Ofsted has found ‘widespread and/or systemic failings’, its lowest rating, in Bury’s special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision. |
Guildford issues ‘heartfelt apology’ after £13.5m contract overspend
09/05/2024 Guilford Borough Council is at ‘serious risk’ of failing to deliver Best Value after overspending by millions on a housing contract, reviews have found. |
Government announces 16 new special free schools
09/05/2024 New schools for 2,000 children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are to open in 16 areas across England. |
Shell is helping power the journey towards a circular paving industry with Shell Bitumen LT R, a new product for roads that uses plastics destined for landfill as part of the additives to make the bitumen.
Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures.
Dougie Belmore explains how one of the main interfaces between you and Bacs is about to change.