City council ‘failing’ children
City council ‘failing’ children
Birmingham City Council is failing to protect vulnerable children and its capacity to improve is inadequate, Ofsted says.
Council calls for police merger plan to be scrapped
A county council is calling on a police authority not to go ahead with a proposed merger between Herts and Beds constabularies. Herts County Council said a plan to combine the two forces to meet government budget cuts should be rejected in favour of greater collaboration.
City bosses get redundancy offer
Managers at Liverpool City Council are offered redundancy packages as the authority looks to slash costs but preserve “essential services”.
Government orders Northumberland County Council to find 10 million savings
NORTHUMBERLAND County Council officials are trying to identify where savings of about 10 million can be made from the current budget as a result of Government spending cuts.
Council vows to complete city playground revamps
OXFORD City Council has promised that its 2.5m project to modernise childrens play areas will be completed as planned, despite financial pressures.
Council pledges to maintain student travel cards
FOLLOWING the news that Surrey County Council is scrapping 22 school buses from next September in a bid to save 830,000, the authority has confirmed it will still be supporting student travel through a subsidised scheme.
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