Senior Council Leader ‘Confident’ of More Spending Review Support for the Poor

Senior council leader ‘confident’ of more spending review support for the poor

The head of a group of authorities in deprived areas across the North and the Midlands also called for capital investment in ‘left behind’ places.

Calls for investigation into why men in Northampton's most deprived area are still dying much sooner than others

By Sarah WardPhoto by engin akyurt on UnsplashA newly elected Labour councillor is calling for an investigation into why men in the Castle ward of Northampton are dying almost 15 years earlier than those in the more affluent area of Brackley West.Cllr Fartun Ismail will be asking the Reform UK administration at the meeting of the adult social care scrutiny committee later this month to try and get to the bottom of why men in the area died at the…

Senior council leader ‘confident’ of more spending review support for the poor - Jersey Evening Post

A senior Labour figure in local government has said he is “confident” the spending review will boost council funding as he called for further measures to support people struggling in poorer areas. Sir Stephen Houghton, leader of Barnsley Council and chairman of a group of councils largely in deprived areas in the North and the Midlands, also expressed concern that capital investment could be channelled to big cities and not “left behind” places.…