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South Cambridgeshire council will test 32-hour week on principle that staff will work ‘more intensely and productively’Bin crews could soon be putting their feet up on a Monday as the wave of four-day-week trials spreading across the UK finally reaches…
Asabu Laher, 95, is receiving end-of-life care at her council-run house in Clapham, south LondonA 95-year-old woman receiving palliative care has been left unable to use her breathing equipment due to power cuts caused by persistent flooding at her cou…
Number of families stuck in temporary rooms for more than six weeks is highest since 2003The number of homeless families being housed by English councils in hotels and B&Bs for longer than the legal limit is at its highest in 20 years.The latest go…
Fiona Fey, of popular choir Mediaeval Baebes, says her livelihood was threatened by noise abatement orderMusicians are facing a postcode lottery of noise complaints, industry leaders have warned, after a member of the classical chart-topping choir Medi…
Focus group of blue wall residents believes Sunak is ‘out of his depth’ and that Britain needs change nowBlue wall Conservative voters in Surrey are far from impressed with the government’s obsession with culture wars, and remain unrepentant for tactic…
FoI requests reveal at least 90 councils top-sliced childcare budget to offset deficits or add to reservesMPs have expressed concern that local authorities in England are failing to pass on government funding for free childcare places to nurseries, aft…
West Yorkshire research shows women and girls affected ‘on daily basis by misogyny and harassment’Women should be involved in the design and maintenance of the UK’s parks to tackle “unfair and unequal” safety fears, researchers have said.Academics look…
Watchdog says gaps in regulation are letting landlords offer costly supported accommodation ‘with little or no support’Increasing numbers of landlords are profiting from letting bad housing to some of society’s most vulnerable people, the National Audi…
PM’s costly helicopter trip to Southampton to announce prescription reforms underlines fears of some he is out of touchRishi Sunak flew to the south coast and back by helicopter to announce a new government health policy on Tuesday as he tried to calm …
Exclusive: Kensington and Chelsea, one of most unequal boroughs in UK, allocating social infrastructure funds in wards where homes go for millionsOne of Britain’s most unequal boroughs is spending hundreds of thousands of pounds in social infrastructur…