Liverpool’s council leaders today called for a third national lockdown to contain the new ‘mutant’ strain of Covid and prevent a ‘catastrophe’. The city’s acting mayor, Wendy Simon, and the Labour-run city council’s cabinet say the speed of the rise in coronavirus cases have reached ‘alarming levels’ and urgent action is now required to save … Read more
Croydon Council declared itself practically bankrupt yesterday and blamed its financial crisis on the havoc caused by coronavirus. The Labour-run south London borough imposed emergency spending restrictions under a Section 114 notice – only the second authority in two decades to face such measures. As well as the coronavirus crisis, local officials also pinned blame on … Read more
Croydon goes BUST: Labour-run council is almost bankrupt and blames coronavirus… but minister says authority is ‘dysfunctional’ Croydon Council becomes second council in two decades to declare bankruptcy The borough has imposed emergency spending restrictions under a Section 114 Officials blamed the coronavirus crisis coupled with ‘a decade of austerity’ Last authority to use the order … Read more
Children in areas where councils have so far refused to reopen schools must be allowed to return to classes, the Education Secretary says today. Primary pupils across England were welcomed back by their teachers yesterday despite warnings from the hardline National Education Union. Up to 70 per cent of eligible youngsters returned after a ten-week … Read more