Tom Pursglove, Member of Parliament for Corby and East Northamptonshire, has given his verdict on Theresa May's announcement of her resignation date this lunchtime.
The audits of almost all of Northamptonshire’s district and borough councils will be delayed because the big-name new auditor does not have enough staff.
The new North Northamptonshire unitary authority will elect councillors based on existing county wards and not on borough and district ward boundaries because there is not enough time for a full boundary review before the election.
Some asylum-seeking children who are being looked after in Northamptonshire will no longer receive financial support from the county council once they turn 18.
The children’s commissioner sent in to help turn around Northamptonshire’s failing children’s services has said the service is ‘still very fragile and there remain unacceptable risks in the system’.
Library campaigers say they have ‘grave fears’ about the future of some of the 17 Northamptonshire libraries which will be handed over to library groups.
Corby is home to 'heroic' volunteers and has a 'strong sense of community' a Bank of England representative has said after holding a roundtable with some of the town's charities.
The face of local government in Northamptonshire will change forever after the government this afternoon approved the formation of two new unitary councils.
The leaders of the eight councils being scrapped to make way for two new unitary councils say they will focus their efforts on creating new authorities that will put the interests of residents at the heart of all decision-making.
Residents living in a Corby conservation area say they feel let down after the council has decided against reducing the early morning opening hours of a nightclub.
