Hospitals across England are delivering 81 projects to provide improvements this winter using money from a £420 million winter fund. Social care services also received funding and are using it to increase their winter capacity. The £420 million is the total of several funding announcements
A campaign launched a month ago by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has already raised more than £150,000 to help homelessness charities go further in tackling rough sleeping in the capital. The campaign is part of the Mayor’s efforts to boost rough sleeping services
New shopping centres, stadiums and theme parks are among buildings that could be required to provide Changing Places toilets for severely disabled people, under proposals to be put forward by the government. Ministers will launch a consultation next year on proposals that the essential facilities
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who has had the unfairest year of them all? According to almost a third (29%) of Brits, Prime Minister Theresa May is this year’s most unfairly treated person – with difficult Brexit negotiations, cabinet resignations and frosty receptions from her EU counterparts all contributing
The independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England is asking local people for their help to draw up a new pattern of council wards for Haringey Council. The consultation is the first part of an electoral review which will re-draw ward boundaries across the council.
by Bob Penn || Columnist Are you fed up with Brexit? I know I am, but just bear with me a minute I will make this short. As I type this, we haven’t seen the details of the current “deal” on offer. Whatever, whether it’s
London Councils chair Cllr Peter John OBE has called on the government to set out a long term vision for the future of local government to address the unprecedented pressures arising from core funding reductions and rising demand. Responding to the Budget, Cllr John said; “London is
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Almost 70 per cent of Londoners say they are concerned about the impact of skilled workers leaving the capital after Brexit, and almost half of Londoners are worried about the impact of EU nationals leaving London when the UK leaves the European Union. The polling data was
The rise is in line with that of other public-sector workers, including doctors and police officers, and follows the annual pay review for 2018/19 by the Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB). It will come into effect immediately and be backdated to April 2018. The Government