Politics

The Labour opposition at the county council say the departure of the two highest officers in children’s services as well as the commissioner shows that something is ‘rotten’ within the authority.

Plans by Northamptonshire County Council to take £2m away from its staff pension contribution this year have been postponed.

Daventry council’s leader Chris Millar says there needs to be a collective call for a cash injection into the county in the face of the financial troubles at the county council coupled with a government imposed move to a unitary model of local government that will see two new super councils replace the existing eight.

The leader of Northamptonshire County Council has said the biggest problem holding back children’s services improvement is the authority’s inability to recruit and retain staff.

The Labour candidate has been elected to represent Beanfield ward on Corby Council.

A new night shelter for Corby's large homeless community will be opened before the winter sets in after a group was appointed to run the service.

A new children’s commissioner for Northamptonshire will likely be announced this week according to the county council leader.

Forty additional foster carers need to be hired for Northamptonshire County Council to deliver a planned £4million saving over the next three years.

Plans to hand over a number of Wellingborough’s community assets, including green space and community centres, to a housing association have been put on hold for more community discussion.

Another senior figure at Northamptonshire County Council has resigned.

The 'bold and unprecedented' call for more central funding for Northamptonshire Police by inspectors who criticised the force was welcomed by bosses.

Northamptonshire County Council could ‘go out of business’ if its data centre goes down because the council does not have a disaster recovery plan.