Northamptonshire’s top-ranking police officer believes a new policing model and staff restructure will help the force rediscover its ability to investigate crime, and improve accountability.
Council staff are ‘working hard’ to ensure that beds for elderly patients are used ‘in the correct way’ after a dispute over the performance of a private healthcare provider.
Opposition councillors have called on Northamptonshire County Council to install more electric car charging points if it wants to meet its carbon footprint targets.
Plans to build 115 homes in a field at Easton on the Hill have been rejected partly due to the impact additional dog poo would have had on the nearby rare nature reserve.
Northamptonshire County Council will come in under budget for its most recent financial year, but is already facing some stumbling blocks in repeating the feat for the upcoming year.
“Nothing is off the table” when it comes to whether money intended for the Northamptonshire County Council pension pot will be used to bolster the council’s fragile finances.
A passionate protest from Corby youngsters, an eloquent speech form an Oxford academic, two ejections from the council chamber and a last-minute interjection from planning committee members.
Kettering Council is applying for another multi-million-pound funding pot after missing out on the Government’s flagship high street regeneration project.
The two commissioners overseeing Northamptonshire County Council have claimed thousands of pounds for hotel stays, food and travel on top of their daily pay rate.
