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having been elected leader of northamptonshire county council in may 2016 | northamptonshire county councilffect. i gave an undertaking earlier this year that come what may i would oversee the budget setting process and the best value inspection report. the budget is set and the inspection report has been published this morning. let media viewer a few more comments that she made, she was critical of what she said was vicious attacks by four local mps —— let me give you for the she said if the machinery of government turns against you you cannot win. she has resigned in the last half an hour. let me give you some background to the severe financial pressures that the council here is facing. it was dubbed by one of the local mps as one of the worst run authorities in the country and has been struggling financially for a while. earlier this year it imposed spending controls on its own money because they thought they were going to run out of cash this year. it has set next year ‘s budget, £48 million worth of cuts, many subsidies will go, 21 libraries will close, training standards budget will b

northamptonshire's finances are already in dire straits.ars to put itself in financial special measures, as officials worried it might run out of cash. and it's cutting services, including axing bus subsidies and closing 21 libraries. opposition councillors say it's no surprise the authority may have broken the rules. i think it tells you a lot about the bigger picture at northamptonshire county council, which is that money is really tight. they are having to scramble around for every penny they can find to balance the budget, and they may be pushing things a little too far. and potentially spending ring—fenced money outside the rules. that's a big issue, isn't it? absolutely it's a big issue. you would expect people to know the rules and stick within them. the council's leader acknowledges that money intended for public health may have been spent on delivering adult social care services, and she says the authority is in discussions with public health england over whether any of that spending was outside the rules. whether it was wrong, wha

northamptonshire's finances are already in dire straits.n out officials worried it might run out of cash. and it is cutting services, including axing bus subsidies and closing 21 libraries. opposition councillors say it is no surprise the authority may have broken the rules. i think it tells you a lot about the bigger picture northamptonshire county council, which is that money is really tight and we are having to scramble around for every penny they can find to balance the budget, and the may have pushed things too far. and potentially spending ring fenced by outside the rules, that is a big issue, isn't it? absolutely, you would expect people to know the rules and stick to them. the leader of the council acknowledges that money may have been spent on things other than public health. that money was not misappropriated. it may have been spent in adult social care looking after people in some way or another that somebody might judge that wasn't really public health money. but at the end of the day, it has still been spent on the people in no

which the report was clear that northamptonshire's failure is not a case of underfunding.aims... indeed, the core spending power is set to rise by 14.5 million pounds. so i say to the right honourable gentleman, the attack that he is making that this is all about the amount of money that government is providing is not correct. what we are ensuring — what we are ensuring is that councils are able to provide good services up and down the country and that's what we seek with councils, conservative councils up and down the country, costing people last than labour. jeremy corbyn said the government had prioritised tax cuts for the super rich and big business over funding for councils. theresa may hit back. we all know what labour would mean for council taxpayers because just this week, the shadow community secretary... ohh, he says. laughter could that be because he doesn't want people to know what he is supporting? because he has supported a plan to stop local taxpayers having the right to stop tax hikes, he is supporting a plan to introduce a land value tax, a tax on your hom

mr speaker, northamptonshire is the first but it will not be the last.local government chronicles assessments the other councils will follow northamptonshire in the coming years, what assessment is the secretary of state making and what resource is he going to make available to ensure that does not happen? because this is what happens when a government has created a 5.8 oh yen pound gap in local government funding. what everyone is saying that social care is on its knees and went children services need an additional £2 billion. look out government cannot be allowed to collapse on this government swatch. ——local government. i have to say i don't think is listened to a word in my statement. he appears once again to have come to this despatch box with a preprepared statement and in fact was clear is i think he has been very disappointed by the report. he's disappointed indeed by the report because it's not what he wanted. what he wanted was a rapport he could use for party political purposes so he could play his favourite game, political football, a game th

[shouting] indeed, northamptonshire spending are set to rise by 14.5 million pounds. such say to the right honorable gentleman, the attack he is making that is all about the amount of money the government is providing is not correct. what we are ensuring, what we are ensuring, what we are ensuring is that counsel are able to provide good services up and down the country, and that's what we see get conservative councils up and down the country, costing people less than labour. >> jeremy corbyn. >> the problem is that northamptonshire has gone bust and it was caused by the conservator government and the conservative counsel. it's a model, mr. speaker, that is still being used by -- [inaudible] until very recently run by the conservatives. they lost control of it this week, where they hold contracts with an estimated value of 500 million pounds. what have they done? cut counsel staff and increase spending on consultants every year. governments cuts mean councils across england are facing a 5.8 billion funding gap by 2020. so with hindsight does the prime minister really

jo black, in northamptonshire county council headquarters.ther review by prosecutors into the death of 13—month—old poppi worthington, in barrow—in—furness in december 2012. a coroner concluded in january that poppi had been sexually assaulted by her father, paul worthington, before she died of asphyxia. he denies any wrongdoing. the cps said no new evidence had emerged that could change its decision not to prosecute. poppi's mother said she was "extremely disappointed" by the decision. a 44—year—old man has beenjailed for at least 30 years, after admitting stabbing to death a woman while she was at work in an aldi supermarket in skipton just before christmas. neville hord pleaded guilty to murdering 30—year—old jodie willsher, who was the daughter of his former partner. the mother of one died at the scene. prosecutors described hord's motive for the killing as ‘revenge'. let's return to the poisoning of a former russian spy in salisbury. theresa may has been visiting the town today, she has received the backing of the leaders of germany, fra

nty read the report but northamptonshire county council.ncy have developed a fully recyclable alternative cap that can be easily recycled, unlike the current option. will my right honourable friend join me in welcoming that innovation and perhaps i might be able to give one to her if she's around afterwards? laughter well... i'm very happy... i'm very happy to say to my honourable friend that if you would like to come along and see me afterwards... laughter he has raised an important point and, as he knows, we are committed to wanting to leave our environment in a better state than we found it andi in a better state than we found it and i would like to congratulate the innovation. this is an important example of working with industry to ensure that we are dealing with this issue of plastic waste. we are clear in our environment plan we want to do and that's a very good example of that. thank you. can i also talk about the remarks about the terrorist atrocity in westminster a year ago, our thoughts are with those who gave their lives and of

calls to dismantle northamptonshire cou nty calls to dismantle northamptonshire county council after it fails to deal with a huge deficit. ina deal with a huge deficit. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what is coming up this evening on bbc news. beyond 100 days has more on the fallout between britain and russia. more on the sentencing of a man found guilty of stabbing to a woman to death outside a supermarket in yorkshire, and as thousands of people take part in bbc sports report, we ask how young people can spot the difference between real and fa ke spot the difference between real and fake news. some breaking news coming in from fake news. some breaking news coming infrom miami, fake news. some breaking news coming in from miami, where it is reported that a bridge at the university of florida has collapsed. emergency services are on the scene and we will bring you more on that as soon as we get it. emergency services are 110w as we get it. emergency services are now at the scene and when we get more from miami we will bring that to you. now it's time fo

a financial crisis at northamptonshire county council has become so serious that it should be abolished not part of the council's culture and northamptonshire now needs a new start. the leader of the council has resigned. the anglo—dutch consumer company unilever, the third biggest firm in the uk, has denied brexit is a factor in its decision to base its new headquarters in rotterdam, rather than london. unilever, which makes staples such as marmite and hellmann‘s mayonnaise, insists it's fully committed to its british operations. today is news day for the bbc‘s annual school report. bbc london has been working with a sixth form student from romford. she wanted to explore if better education in schools around knife crime, could help to reduce the number of young people getting involved. 18—year—old abbianca has this report. hello, i'm abbianca. sixth form student at draper's academy, in harold hill. i want to explore the ways in which the education system can this issue is very close to my heart because in 2016, i lost a dearfriend of mine who was a victim of knife crime. i went to scot

obviously, there has been the report into northamptonshire county council but let's just look at whatlook at what is happening in councils up and down this country, there is one message for everybody, and that is that conservative councils cost you less. jeremy corbyn said the government had prioritised tax cuts for the super—rich and big businesses over funding to councils. with the noise level now threatening to wake the little boy, theresa may hit back. and we all know labour would mean for council taxpayers. because just this week, the shadow communities secretary... backed. 0h, he says! 0h! could that be because he does not want people to know what he is supporting? because he has supported a plan to stop local tax, have taxpayers having the right to stop tax hikes. he is supporting a plan to introduced a land value tax, a tax on your home and your garden, and he wants to introduce a new hotel tax. we all know what would happen under labour. happen under labour — more taxes and ordinary working people would pay the price. does it tell you everything you need to know? that it dema

northamptonshire county council should be abolished — a government inspection recommends a complete restructuref marmite and dove soap has chosen rotterdam over london for its headquarters. anglo—dutch consumer goods giant unilever say the company will move to a single legal entity in the netherlands in an effort to become more agile. they say the decision is not about brexit. the toystore giant toys r us says it will close all 735 of its us stores as it winds down the company after failing to secure a buyer or a rescue deal. yesterday, it was announced that all the uk toys r us stores will close in the next six weeks. airbus has warned that it could not give any new business to uk engineering giant gkn if it is taken over by turnaround specialist melrose, stressing the need for long term investment. gkn makes wing components and other key aircraft parts for airbus, which is its biggest customer. melrose, which has mounted the hostile bid, responded by saying they invest as if we were to own the business forever. as we've been hearing, unilever has chosen rotterdam over london for its headquart

the five day event, injune, begins in east anglia, and passes through suffolk, northamptonshire, warwickshireway, was at the launch in london. five days of top—class racing and it will seize some of the worlds best women's cyclists returned to the roads, this is one former winner of the race in 2016, what laps one of the race in 2016, what laps one of theissues the race in 2016, what laps one of the issues this year was that the women's race will now have the same prize money as the men's. this is setting a precedent, how it should be done in 2018, it shouldn't be a topic, sadly it is that from the start this race has always been about quality, it should be given, if you go to raise, if you see a man's race or a woman's race, parity, maybe not the same time and in the same year. in sport has been discussed this week, i asked lizzie about how damaging this cases to the sport of cycling. very damaging, there's so much good happening, sadly it is being overshadowed by this report. hopefully things will be finalised and we can move on from it. 17 teams will line up in june for the start of the to

a government inspector has recommended that northamptonshire county council, which has faced seriousr has resigned. hsbc has revealed that its female staff in the uk earned 59% less than their male colleagues last year. bonuses at the bank awarded to men were 86% higher than those given to women. hsbc said less than a quarter of senior roles were filled by women. police investigating the fire at grenfell tower in west london, which claimed the lives of 71 people, say tests on a front door from one of the flats, showed it was far less fire—resista nt than intended. survivors of the blaze have described the finding as ‘shocking‘ as our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. could what happened here be the result of corporate manslaughter? that is what the police are investigating. highly technical work, including the test of a door from a grenfell flat. one that was undamaged in the fire. in this standard test, heat is applied to one side and the door must hold for 30 minutes. here, there‘s some smoke, but this door easily passes the test. the sample from grenfell lasted 15 mi

government election just coming into view in may and jeremy corbyn seizing on the goodies in northamptonshirencil, conservative controlled, were special measures have been bitten. —— difficulties in the fa ntasy ca n bitten. —— difficulties in the fantasy can to cancel. theresa may cited in london councils were momentum have allegedly hobbled labour lead counsel. there seems to be concern among councils about the prioritisation of tax cuts for the super—rich and big business as something more important than funding for social care, libraries, repairing potholes, bin collection or street cleaning. the right honourable gentleman talks about bin collection while people living in birmingham undera collection while people living in birmingham under a labour run councils see thousands of tonnes of waste on the streets because the council is failing to collect the bins. we all know he talks about tax, the top 1% of taxpayers are paying the highest burden of tax and they've ever paid under labour. that was the main clash between mr corbyn and mrs may, about which we are not going to talk, let's talk

a report into the failure of northamptonshire county council has recommended that the authority be scrappedanagement failures. government—appointed investigators said the problems at the council, which last month announced £40 million worth of cuts, were so deep—rooted that it was impossible to rescue it in its current form. the leader of the council has now resigned. four african countries with the world's largest elephant populations are expected to call on britain and the european union to ban the legal sale of antique ivory today. ministers will sign a petition at a wildlife summit in botswana urging european countries to follow china's lead in outlawing the sale of all ivory products. alistair leithead reports. africa's elephants are still severely under threat, with less animals being born and the number killed by poachers every year increasing. here in botswana, the last true sanctuary for elephants on the continent, scientists and conservationists are meeting to stop the ivory trade. techniques used for counter—terrorism are now being used to stop poaching and catch the culprits. an

at what's happening in relation to local councils, obviously there has been the report into northamptonshire. but let's see what we see across the board in councils. yes, yes, yes. if you -- if you look at what is happening in councils up and down this country, there is one message for everybody, and that's the conservative councils cost you less. >> jeremy corbin. >> mr. speaker, my question was actually quite specific to north hams hamptonshire. we've been warning the government we couldn't cope with the level of cuts we are facing. three years ago, mr. speaker, that council bragged it was pioneering an easy council model. it then proceeded to outsource 96% of its council staff, transferred them to new service providers, run like private companies paying dividends. now that council has gone bust. does the prime minister really believe that the slash and burn model for local government is really a good one? >> well, can i say to the right honorable gentleman, first of all, it would be helpful if he accurately reflected the independent statutory inspection which concluded last week, which wa

the bbc‘s inside out east programme has learned that northamptonshire county council may have to returns to public health england. did you see a problem the weekend? i did not. well, look at this. the annual crufts dog show had to be temporarily halted after two protesters stormed the venue. as this year's winner, a 2.5—year—old whippet called tease, made her way to the podium, this happened — two demonstrators from the animal rights group peta emerged from the audience. they were quickly chased down and subdued by security staff. no animals or owners were harmed. lots of people are talking about the fa ct lots of people are talking about the fact that tease was whipped up into the arms of her own. clearly, slightly alarmed, to say the least. 0ne slightly alarmed, to say the least. one of those very strange live tv moments. a teenage photographer's shots of the beatles‘ first concerts in the united states are expected to sell for 250,000 pounds at auction. mike mitchell, who was 18 at the time, took hundreds of pictures of the fab four‘s gigs at the washington coliseum and the baltimore

the bbc‘s inside out east programme has learned northamptonshire county council may have to return ass urging the united nations to support the staff and families of its persian television service, which broadcasts from london into iran and the region. the un's human rights council in geneva will discuss a report describing how relatives of bbc staff in iran have been detained and subjected to travel bans. future students will be able to make consumer—style comparisons of degree courses when choosing their university. under government plans, universities in england would be graded on areas such as the chances of employment, potential earnings and drop—out rates. the department for education says the new system would expose poor teaching and help students get value for money. the annual crufts dog show had to be temporarily halted, after two protesters stormed the venue. as this year's winner, a two and a half year old whippet called tease, made her way to the podium, this happened. two demonstrators from the animal rights group peta emerged from the audience. they were quickly chased

a government inspector says northamptonshire county council should be abolished and replaced with two march. i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. theresa may will be briefed by officials from public health england as she visits salisbury this afternoon. the kremlin says british diplomats will be ordered to leave moscow following the expulsion of 23 rations from the uk. the prime minister took the action after moscow refused to explain how a russian—made nerve agent was used on a former spy and his daughter in the uk. this morning, france said it agreed with britain that russia was responsible for the attack, but the kremlin has denied involvement. last night, the us government expressed its full support for britain over the attack. let me make one thing clear from the very beginning. the united states stands in absolute solidarity with great britain. the united states believes that russia is responsible for the attack on two people in the united kingdom, using a military grade nerve agent. duncan kennedy is in salisbury for us. the prime minister has arrived. he will she

we are hearing from northamptonshire county council the news that the interim chief executive there,sexual abuse, the most reverend justin welby said the church‘s powers around safeguarding probably needed looking at again. let‘s cross live now to our correspondent keith doyle who is at the inquiry. the archbishop of canterbury, the most reverend justin welby am told the enquiry, just to address him as archbishopjustin. he struck about safeguarding measures in the i7——;i safe-cuardin e at least you shouldn‘t be able to or at least you shouldn't be able to be. and the church does wonderful, wonderful things, you know, across the country. extraordinary things. and the most stressfuljob in the church is to be a parish priest. and to bea church is to be a parish priest. and to be a good parish priest. and that a minority, a small minority, have betrayed that... is horrifying. you can see the emotion in that evidence. he was also asked about the church‘s view on forgiveness. he says an abuser may repent, but they should still go to prison. 0verall in his evidence he said the church is ope

it was a former conservative in northamptonshire who was one of the early proponents of that move.e nhs might crop up along with a lot of other subjects. there was the spat betweenjeremy corbyn and theresa may over mental health services. jeremy corbyn pointed to the fact there are now 5000 fewer mental health nurses and the funding has gone down. theresa may said it is not as the nhs which provides mental health services and pointed to changes in schools where staff have training in identifying children with a mental health problems, as well as well of the police. quite a measured exchange. mrs may has said mental health is meant to receive parity of esteem with physical elements. a lot of people questioning as to whether that has been achieved. 0ther people questioning as to whether that has been achieved. other things i thought interesting, in terms of thejohn i thought interesting, in terms of the john worboys i thought interesting, in terms of thejohn worboys decision, zac goldsmith saying it should never have been left to the two victims to bring the case. i wonder whether we

. and closing 21 libraries. have broken the rules. at northamptonshire county council, which is thaty spending ring—fenced money outside the rules. that's a big issue, isn't it? absolutely it's a big issue. you would expect people to know the rules and stick within them. was outside the rules. that money wasn't misappropriated. in northamptonshire. county council is run. giving more details about what went wrong at this troubled council. tom barton, bbc news, northampton. tonight, on inside out, at 7:30pm, and everywhere, on the bbc iplayer. removed from her post, apparently against her will. against her will. an ‘employment issue‘ is investigated. investigated. claims she‘s the victim of a bullying culture in the party. while trying to land at kathmandu airport. airport. ploughed through a fence into the football field. football field. 22 people are being treated for injuries. the past year, according to a new report. report. physicians has found growing pressures on nhs staff. pressures on nhs staff. correspondent adina campbell reports. of care have gotten worse over the last mont

northamptonshire county council should be abolished, a government inspection recommends a complete restructure, after the council struggled with a deficit. like. by the un refugee agency, as the war exceeds seven years. in the sport on bbc news. ahead of their europa league tie with ac milan, arsenal boss, arsene wenger, calls on his players to produce the performances that will encourage fans back to the emirates stadium. hello, good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister is in salisbury this afternoon in the wake of the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter. the kremlin has said british diplomats will be ordered to leave moscow soon, following the expulsion yesterday of 23 russians from london. the prime minister took the action after moscow refused to explain how a russian—made nerve agent was used on sergei and yulia skripal. france says it agrees that russia was responsible for the attack and last night the us government expressed its full support for britain in relation to the attack. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. in the last few