Council cuts

Council tax hikes won’t improve services or pay workers better. But I have an idea
Paul McNamee

Council tax hikes won’t improve services or pay workers better. But I have an idea

Housing is one of the main reasons council budgets are so stretched. But radical action could turn things around

While the government plans its strategy, youth clubs like ours could soon be lost
Sidney Ewing and Gini Simpson

While the government plans its strategy, youth clubs like ours could soon be lost

The government’s new youth initiative is welcome, but as these youth workers at Hastings Commons explain, it could come too late for some

After turning down a Bitcoin booty, one city council’s cuts tell the story of broke Britain
Public services

After turning down a Bitcoin booty, one city council’s cuts tell the story of broke Britain

From social care services to libraries, public services are on the chopping block in Newport. If only they’d let one man dig around in a tip

My son turned green and vomited his own faeces – and doctors still didn’t take his condition seriously
Health

My son turned green and vomited his own faeces – and doctors still didn’t take his condition seriously

These libraries and leisure centres faced disaster as councils cut services. Then volunteers stepped in
Libraries

These libraries and leisure centres faced disaster as councils cut services. Then volunteers stepped in

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No update on future of household support fund until autumn budget, DWP minister says
Household support fund

No update on future of household support fund until autumn budget, DWP minister says

Homeless people face being locked out of public toilets due to card-only payments
Public toilets

Homeless people face being locked out of public toilets due to card-only payments

‘I urinated myself in the opticians’: UK’s public toilet crisis makes disabled people feel like ‘prisoners’
Public toilets

‘I urinated myself in the opticians’: UK’s public toilet crisis makes disabled people feel like ‘prisoners’

One in 10 councils face effective bankruptcy as cost of placing children in care soars
Local government

One in 10 councils face effective bankruptcy as cost of placing children in care soars

‘This is austerity 2.0’: Outcry as government plots cuts to public spending
Cost of living crisis

‘This is austerity 2.0’: Outcry as government plots cuts to public spending

People should expect poorer local services in the years to come, says study
News

People should expect poorer local services in the years to come, says study

Theresa May’s £1.6bn Stronger Towns Fund blasted as ‘Brexit bribe’
News

Theresa May’s £1.6bn Stronger Towns Fund blasted as ‘Brexit bribe’

Paul McNamee: Late library books can wait
Opinion

Paul McNamee: Late library books can wait