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English council leaders go to work Reservoir Dogs style
Whatever happens in Scotland, more devolution will happen because of the English state’s last-minute panic and there are signs that the English regions want a piece of the action.
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Commissioners have been parachuted in to take over planning and property decisions in Liverpool after an inspection identified “multiple failures” and “mismanagement” by the city council which have cost taxpayers millions.
Shaun Bailey says Sadiq Khan wants to raise mayoral council tax by 21 per cent.
The Conservative minister told the Parliamentary watchdog he had “never made use of this facility before”.
The Prime Minister said Scotland has ‘the highest taxes anywhere in Europe.’
Theresa May’s Stronger Towns Fund represents a tenth of what councils lost from central government under austerity.
The main public spending watchdogs say the government is still cutting the money it gives to councils. And figures from the Treasury suggest real-terms reductions in councils’ overall spending power will continue until 2020.
The Tories have come under fire after announcing reforms to social care policy in their manifesto last month. But amid the media furore, you might have missed the detail of the policy and the subsequent u-turn. What could it mean for you?
Our report from the County Durham village which residents say is “like Beirut” has raised many questions. Channel 4 News North of England Correspondent Ciaran Jenkins has some of the answers.
The cabinet of Rotherham council resigns after a report into the council’s ongoing handling of thousands of child sexual exploitation cases paints a picture of cover ups, archaic sexism and bullying.
Whatever happens in Scotland, more devolution will happen because of the English state’s last-minute panic and there are signs that the English regions want a piece of the action.
A group of town halls urge the government to tax major out-of-town supermarkets to help fund upgrades to local shopping areas. Twenty councils want a so-called “Tesco tax.”
Nick Clegg voted for the so-called “bedroom tax” more than two years ago. But he’s since changed his mind. Cue cries of “unbelievable hypocrisy”.
The day of a major cabinet reshuffle can often be used for other purposes, for example quietly unveiling a report into the much-criticised “bedroom tax”. So is the much-maligned policy working?
Hull’s decision to launch its own cyber-currency, called Hullcoins, may sound like an April fool’s joke, but it shows the kind of traction virtual currencies are gaining in the real world.
It is 12 months since the government removed its spare room subsidy, dubbed the “bedroom tax” by critics. It is designed to save money and free up under-occupied homes, so what effect has it had?