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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…
In Hertfordshire’s towns, as across much of formerly ‘true blue’ England, the appetite for change proved decisively strongIt was little more than a year ago that Oliver Dowden stood up at Conservative spring conference to praise the “calm suburbia of H…
PM calls results ‘disappointing’, while Labour says it’s on track to win power at next general electionEngland local elections – latest updatesRishi Sunak has faced devastating losses of more than 1,000 Tory seats in the local elections, while Labour h…
Keir Starmer tells aides party will win next election, even as pollsters suggest it could fall short of majorityEngland local elections – latest updatesKeir Starmer has told Labour staffers to prepare for government after a set of local election result…
Tory losses worse than expected, while Labour’s wins in Midlands and army towns suggest progress in urban southEngland local elections – latest updatesLabour’s performance looked a lot better at dawn than it did at 3am. Every year recently, the very ea…
Party takes Mid Suffolk council from Conservatives as local election results surpass expectationsEngland local elections – latest updatesThe Greens have won majority control of a council for the first time in the UK amid a triumphant set of local elect…