Northamptonshire County Council has agreed to equal representation on a joint committee that will help shape the future of the local government reorganisation - bringing to an end a row with the district and borough councils.
The government appointed commissioners of Northamptonshire County Council says that the authority’s finances ‘remain fragile’, even as they predict it will break even against all odds this year.
Northamptonshire County Council should look at whether it should be seeking compensation from Barclays over a 'toxic' LOBO loan, according to an opposition councillor.
A number of roads that were removed from the gritting network may not see the lorries return after all despite a council reversal - because the machines are now too big.
The leader and chief executive have pledged to give Northamptonshire County Council staff a pay rise if they can afford it - but union members have questioned why a £2million contingency saving isn’t being used for that purpose.
Northamptonshire County Council leader Matt Golby says that it is up to former senior figures to hold their hands up and apologise if they felt they played a part in the authority’s failings.
The leader of Daventry District Council has criticised county council leader Matt Golby for being ‘dishonourable', accusing him of backing down on an agreement with district and borough councils in preparations for the new unitary authorities.
Northamptonshire County Council owes money to more than 200 early years providers and some now say they may have to stop offering funded places unless the authority sorts out its payment system.
Hopes by Northamptonshire County Council to gain £7.8m from the boroughs and districts to help balance their budget have been abandoned as the authority would have had to go through the courts to get it.
Union officials will be holding an emergency meeting due to another pay freeze for Northamptonshire County Council staff – and industrial action is not being ruled out.
Northamptonshire council tax payers are going to be asked to stump up an extra five per cent on their council tax payments for county council services from April.
Cuts to services could have been ‘pretty catastrophic’ if they hadn’t been given some financial leeway by the Government, the chief executive of Northamptonshire County Council has said.
Hundreds of Northamptonshire roads removed from the winter maintenance service will be gritted once more after the council performed a U-turn on its controversial policy following severe criticism.
Childminders and nursery owners from across Northamptonshire are meeting tonight about a county council payment fiasco which has left many providers out of pocket.
Proposals to cut subsidies for community groups that use schools as their venues should be scrapped, according to councillors scrutinising Northamptonshire County Council’s budget.
The newly appointed children’s commissioner at Northamptonshire County Council says the authority needs to be doing more to give its social workers an environment they enjoy working in.
March 31 next year could be the last day of existence for Northamptonshire’s county, district and borough councils with the new unitary authorities coming into being on April 1.
The leader of Northamptonshire County Council has brushed off calls to grit more roads this winter and says the service is comparable with other counties.
