Households in Wigan are set to be hit with a 4.99 per cent council tax increase when the council’s cabinet rubber stamps its ...

Ms Johnston wants to know what safeguarding measures the parties were planning to ensure councils spend taxpayers' money wisely and protect households from picking up the costs of bad debts.

An Ayrshire nurse has been suspended after she fell asleep while working a night shift - and failed to provide a patient with care.