Council cuts

‘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’

More than a decade of austerity has led to a dramatic drop in public toilets. And it is having a heartbreaking impact on disabled, homeless and vulnerable people

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

One in 10 councils fear bankruptcy as £693m spending gulf opens up

‘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

Councils said the plans show a “complete lack of understanding of the lives of real people in this country”

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’

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Paul McNamee: Late library books can wait
Opinion

Paul McNamee: Late library books can wait