Chelmsford council is being asked to act against puppy farmers and other unlicensed breeders, with the Liberal Democrats moving a motion to this effect at Wednesday's full council meeting.
Mental health services are under huge pressure, a leading thinktank has said, as it called for an end to cuts that it said could be responsible for a decline in the quality of care in the sector. Evidence of poor quality care was widespread, with less than a fifth of people feeling they received appropriate support in a crisis, King's Fund said. The number of people reporting a poor experience of mental health care in the community had risen, its analysis showed.
In yesterday's (25 November 2015) Autumn Spending Review the Chancellor announced that more public sector land was to be released for housing and the government would continue with the coalition's plans for a new garden city at Ebbsfleet in Kent.
One hundred and forty five years ago a Liberal government under Gladstone gave local authorities a responsibility to provide schools in their area. This set the framework for the universal provision of education for our nation's children.
One of the reasons why hospital budgets are under pressure is that they have to use high cost agency staff to keep wards staffed.
A new surbet by the charity Whizz-Kidz says transport issues left many young people feeling excluded from job opportunities or accessing health and education services