Sarah Ward
Northampton Chron
United Kingdom
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Northamptonshire County Council gets closer to balanced budget but questions asked over staff vacancies
Northamptonshire County Council is moving closer to balancing its books at the end of this financial year but questions are being asked about what role staff vacancies are playing in the authority’s improved financial position. → Read More
New police complaints system coming into force
The police complaints system is being overhauled from the start of next month. → Read More
Recorded crime levels in Northamptonshire rise
Northamptonshire crime levels have risen by almost six per cent in the past year with a huge jump in modern slavery, human trafficking and knife crime. → Read More
Unit where police take people detained under the Mental Health Act not up to national standards say inspectors
Northamptonshire’s mental health service provider has carried out an immediate review of a unit people sectioned by police are taken to, after criticism from inspectors. → Read More
Reviews into deaths of two neglected Northamptonshire adults to be published soon
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). → Read More
Finally! Northamptonshire County Council 2017/18 accounts signed off with £40m deficit
The accounts of the financial year when Northamptonshire County Council collapsed have finally been signed off. → Read More
Rushden Lakes expansion plan deferred as 'politically sensitive'
A decision about whether or not to increase the number of shops at Rushden Lakes has been deferred because of ‘political sensitivity’. → Read More
Reason why Northamptonshire Children’s Commissioner quit revealed
‘Inherent tensions’ between the roles of Northamptonshire’s government appointed commissioners is why Children’s Commissioner Malcolm Newsam resigned. → Read More
Retail expansion plans at Rushden Lakes set for a NO
Northamptonshire town centres will be given a boost after plans to further expand the shopping offer at Rushden Lakes look set to be refused. → Read More
Programme to stop Northamptonshire mothers having multiple children taken into care agreed
A programme to help Northamptonshire mothers having multiple children taken into care has been given cross-party backing. → Read More
New programme proposed to prevent Northamptonshire women having multiple children taken into care
Northamptonshire County Council is proposing to bring in a new programme to prevent women having repeated numbers of children taken into care. → Read More
Interim funding for day care centres facing cuts to be announced soon
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. → Read More
Black people nine times more likely to be stopped and searched in Northamptonshire, report finds
Northamptonshire Police is disproportionally stopping and searching black people and admits a ‘cultural change’ needs to happen in the force. → Read More
Senior Northamptonshire councillor admits controversial SEN school transport plan not handled well
The councillor in charge of Northamptonshire children’s services has admitted a controversial plan to change the school transport arrangements for special needs children has not been handled well and says she is ‘very concerned about the issue’. → Read More
Former chief executive of Northamptonshire County Council tweets about current state of children's services
The previous chief executive of Northamptonshire County Council who led the authority in its run-up to its financial crash has appeared to mock the current problems in the council’s children’s social services. → Read More
Corby West will provide high quality homes says development consortium
The consortium behind the Corby West development says the housing and public realm will be of the highest quality and if given the go-ahead facilities will be provided as early as possible. → Read More
Controversial Corby waste plant approved
Controversial plans for a waste plant in Corby have been approved. → Read More
Wellingborough council planning to hand over valuable land and assets to housing association
Wellingborough Council is proposing to hand over millions of pounds worth of land and buildings to a housing association. → Read More
Justice secretary breaks ground at new £235m Wellingborough prison
Ground was broken on the site of Wellingborough’s new mega prison this afternoon as Justice Secretary Robert Buckland took the spade to do the honours. → Read More
Answers wanted from Northamptonshire's Children's Commissioner
A councillor concerned about the state of children’s services in the county wants the Government-appointed children’s commissioner calling the shots to come up with a new plan. → Read More