The Vice Chancellor of Northampton’s university has told councillors at failing Northamptonshire County Council that they are doing a ‘great job’ and has hit out at ‘meddling journalists’.
Reviews into how two Northamptonshire adults died after suffering neglect and failings from agencies supposed to care for them are expected to be published later this month (DEC).
Almost three quarters of young people referred to the Northamptonshire Youth Offending service after being up before the courts are under the care of social services.
Uncertainty still remains over the future funding of some Northamptonshire day care centres after the leader of Northamptonshire County Council refused to give the voluntary sector assurances this morning (November 21).
A motion will call on Northamptonshire County Council to continue the funding of a contract that helps fund voluntary social services across the county.
The list of candidates standing in the general election for Northampton North, Northampton South, Daventry and South Northamptonshire has been confirmed.
The councillor for Kingsthorpe North has been suspended from the Conservative party for posting Islamaphobic content along with another Kettering councillor.
A committee tasked with scrutinising the county council’s budget has said that it appears to be ‘more robust’ than in recent years – but that they would still be digging deep into it.
The councillor in charge of adult social care says he wants to see the interim funding promised to the day care centres facing cuts as close to a 100 percent replacement as possible.
The reorganisation of Northamptonshire’s local government system will be decided by a new parliament after the Bill to abolish the existing authorities did not make it on to the statute books this week.
