Further funding cuts for councils would be disastrous; urgent funding and reform is needed
In its submission to the Treasury ahead of the Autumn Budget, the Local Government Assocoation says the Government needs to take immediate steps to...
Latest figures show unemployment fall as wage figures mean pension rise of £460 a...
The rate of UK unemployment fell to 4.1% in the three months to July, down from 4.2% in the previous three months, the Office...
Reforms to Capital Gains and Inheritance tax and changes to NI could raise £20b
Reforms to Inheritance Tax (IHT), Capital Gains Tax (CGT) and employer National Insurance (NI) could raise over £20 billion a year, and still pass...
Report finds 135 COVID contracts worth over £15 billion could carry a high risk...
A report out this morning has found that 135 contracts given out during the COVID pandemic could carry a high risk of corruption.
The contracts...
Public spending must be justified by its wellbeing-to-cost ratio says report
We need a radical change in the government’s spending priorities which reflects how the money spent actually improves people’s lives, according to a new...
New legislation could see Water Company bosses jailed if they block environmental failing investigation
Water company bosses could face jail terms if they block investigations into environmental failings by their companies.
The plans to be announced this morning in...
14 year old boy charged with murder of 80 year old grandfather in Leicestershire
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of 80-year-old grandfather Bhim Kohli, who was attacked while walking his dog in a park...
Five out of six pensioners living below the poverty line will lose their £300...
New analysis of Department for Work and Pensions’ statistics on low-income pensioner households has revealed that the large majority of poorer pensioners will lose...
NATIONAL-Five children arrested over death of 80 year old man in Leicestershire Park
Five children, a boy and a girl aged 14 and one boy and two girls aged 12 have been arrested by Leicestershire police on...
U.K. has had its coldest summer since 2015
The UK has had its coolest summer since 2015, according to provisional Met Office statistics.
Mean temperatures have been 0.22°C below the long-term meteorological average...