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133 Salford Council jobs at risk

133 jobs are at risk at Salford City Council, as the authority prepares to make £15.8 million in savings in 2017/18.

Recycling rate falls, Defra figures show

Official statistics from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has shown that the rate of household recycling has fallen to 44.3 per cent from 44.9 per cent in 2015.

Doncaster Council granted ‘tent city’ eviction order

Doncaster City Council has been granted permission to issue an eviction to homeless protesters living in a ‘tent city’ in the region.

East Dunbartonshire Council advised to improve financial management

East Dunbartonshire Council has been told by the Accounts Commission that it must ‘up its games’ after an audit highlighted concerns over the council's ability to make necessary savings.

MPs raise concern over incidence of suicide

The Health Select Committee has raised concern over the high number of people in England taking their own lives, warning the figure was ‘unacceptably high’.

Government reform delay leaving children at risk

The government's failure to develop ‘credible’ plans to improve child protection is leaving children ‘at risk of harm’, a report claims.

UK recycling figures see first drop

Figures show that the level of household waste which is recycled in the UK has fallen for the first time.

Lack of funds for meals on wheels

A freedom of information request has revealed that 63 out of 140 responding councils have cut meals on wheels services since 2010.

Social care to be funded by six per cent council tax

Councils will be allowed to increase council tax by six per cent over the next two years in order to fund social care services.

Relationship support not reaching those in need

Major relationship support providers may not be sufficiently reaching families in or at risk of poverty, a new report claims.

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