A government-commissioned report has called for major changes to England's fire and rescue services. Chief Inspector of Fire Services Sir Ken Knight said the service needed to be "transformed" in order to become more efficient and effective. Sir Ken suggested the creation of single fire service for England, saying it w...
More than 2,500 council staff are paid six figures, new figures reveal. The number of...
Local authorities will no longer be able to provide key services such as libraries, s...
UKIP has made eye-catching gains in local council elections, as results continue to r...
Free school meals could face the axe in many areas due to a "tidal wave" of cuts to c...
Responding to the publication of Sir Ken Knight's efficiency review of fire and rescue, Cllr Kay Hammond, Chair of the Local Government Association's Fire Services M...
The government has commissioned Sir Ken Knight's report into the fire service simply to provide cover for a further round of damaging cuts to the fire and rescue s...
Labour press release Chris Williamson MP, Labour's Shadow Fire Minister, commenting on the Knight Review on Fire and Rescue Services in England, said: "This Re...
Matt Wrack, General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, criticised a report calling for the reform of fire and rescue services around England. “Well I think the...
Chuku Umunna said the economy was still the main issue concerning voters and praised Labour’s gains in the local elections. “The first thing to say, is just in re...
17/05/2013
