Councils urged to test their disaster recovery plans
Councils have been urged to test their disaster recovery plans after new research has revealed that nearly 40 per cent of city councils have not tested plans in the past year.
Tax credit cuts could cost care workers and roadsweepers £2,000 annually
According to research conducted by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), roadsweepers and care workers could lose up to £2,000 per year as a result of the Chancellor’s proposed tax credits.
Osborne will ‘listen to concerns’ after Lords vote to delay tax credit reforms
Chancellor George Osborne has said he will listen to the concerns being raised regarding proposed changed to tax credits, after the House of Lords voted to delay the reforms.
Councils and civil service pledge to recruit on a ‘name blind’ basis
In a bid to reduce potential discrimination, councils and civil service employers will no longer be able to see the names of graduate applicants under new government proposals.
Greater funding for integration of health and social care needed, report warns
A report published by The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) has counselled that further integration of health and social care services will require ‘significant’ investment and cannot be relied upon to make savings in the short term.
Peers are set to vote on whether the government’s proposed cuts to tax credits should be delayed or removed completely in a showdown at the House of Lords.
Increased rate of local government’s borrowing causing ‘considerable uncertainty’
According to figures published by the Office for National Statistics, local authorities borrowed £1.6 billion more in the first half of this year than in the whole of 2014.
