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Rubbish piles up as all-out strike follows smaller actions since January over scrapping of some rolesRubbish is piling up on the streets of Birmingham as bin workers launched an all-out indefinite strike, with the council accusing the union of holding …
Louise Haigh and Layla Moran cite broadcaster in arguing for amendment that would ban such agreements that stopped staff revealing harassmentIn the Commons Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, is asking Shabana Mahmood about the Sentencing Cou…
Exclusive: Costs particularly acute in more rural areas, where many children with special needs have to use taxisCouncils in England urgently need more money to help them pay for school transport for children with special needs.Many councils have told …
Exclusive: More than a dozen authorities have bought more than 850 properties in English towns and cities since 2017London councils and housing companies they own have spent more than £140m buying up homes to relocate homeless people out of the city.Mo…
Survey reveals senior officials think changes will do little to address local authorities’ dire financial crisisMinisters’ plans to shake up the structure of English local government by merging councils are “ill-thought-out”, “insane” and a “bizarre di…
Guardian analysis lays bare a neglected system that is ruinously expensive, and often fails children and parentsMinisters plan major changes to Send education in EnglandThe alarming details of the special educational needs financial crisis in English l…
Exclusive: White paper being prepared as councils hope for relief from huge deficits in special educational needs budgets‘Ticking timebomb’: how Send spending could bankrupt English councilsLabour is preparing major changes to special educational needs…
PM tells former minister ‘you will have more to contribute’ but says reduction in aid spending is part of ‘protecting our national security’Anneliese Dodds has posted the text of her resignation letter on social media.Here are some extracts from Anneli…
Damning National Audit Office report says action is needed to address deficit accumulated under Tory-era policyAlmost half of councils in England risk falling into bankruptcy without action to address a £4.6bn deficit amassed under a Conservative-era p…
Local authorities can collectively borrow £1.5bn to plug budget gaps caused by underfundingA record 30 English local authorities have been granted effective “bailouts” enabling them to borrow money to avoid bankruptcy, as ministers advised them against…