Birmingham City Council has declared itself in financial distress over multimillion-pound liabilities to settle equal pay claims. In a statement on Tuesday, Europe’s largest local authority confirmed that it had
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A Scottish Labour councillor has been arrested and charged over allegations of child grooming. Councillor David Graham, who represents Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss on Fife Council, has been suspended from
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A local authority says it has been “forced” into a position of failing to meet its duties to look after children in its care amid a “wholly inadequate” national system
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At least 30% of councils in some of the poorest areas of the country are considering declaring effective bankruptcy this year or next, it has emerged. A survey of 47
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Valium prescriptions given to hundreds of people across England with drug and alcohol dependencies are to be reviewed after an investigation. A report by the Local Government and Social Care
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Young people referred to social care at any point in their childhood were twice as likely to fail English or maths GCSE than their peers, a charity said, in what
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Blocks on childminders looking after children in their rental properties should be lifted to help boost numbers in the sector, a minister has told landlords. Children’s minister Claire Coutinho (pictured)
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A 10-year-old girl who was found dead at her home was known to Surrey County Council, the local authority has said. Sara Sharif was found in Woking after police were
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Councils are too often leaving anti-social behaviour unchecked, a watchdog has found as it criticised a failure to tackle incidents including a neighbour’s 13-hour house party and another where a
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The level of funding allocated for a range of key public services is often below the amount required to meet the needs of many poorer communities, a study has found.
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