Cllr Justin Thompson said he had apologised for a comparison he drew with the Second World War Holocaust and considered ...

In a return to Labour's tax-and-spend approach, the Chancellor set out plans to 'invest' a staggering £4 trillion to fund ...

Ministers are working on the basis that councils will increase the rate by 5 per cent a year for the next three years.

Some four million more tests and procedures could be provided by the funding, with the aim of reducing NHS waiting lists.