Day: January 16, 2024

Derbyshire council’s transport chief has apologised for the state of the county’s pothole-ridden roads during the authority’s on-going struggle with reduced investment, ageing highways, terrible floods and freezing conditions. Cllr Charlotte Cupit, Cabinet Member for Highways Assets and Transport, has acknowledged the problems faced by Derbyshire’s road-users across the county with many potholes in desperate

A further shocked supporter of the countryside has echoed a conservationist’s concerns about the loss of traditional dry stone walling around a rural Derbyshire farm in Green Belt countryside after it has been pulled down during a new building development. NE Derbyshire District Council approved conditional planning permission for applicants to demolish a dwelling and

Financially-pressured Derbyshire council chiefs are not yet ruling out redundancies as the local authority aims to overcome a forecast £39.5m budget deficit and gap with a “vacancy factor across pay budgets” among its tough saving and efficiency proposals. Derbyshire County Council has identified nearly £32m of possible saving and efficiency plans for some of its

Derbyshire’s children’s social services have been rated ‘good’ by education watchdogs four years after being found to ‘require improvements’ in most areas. The marked improvement in the county’s care of vulnerable children has been detailed in a newly published report from Ofsted following an inspection in October. It details that Derbyshire County Council has now

Emergency victims may face new streamlined and reduced support at times of need as Derbyshire council addresses a £39.5m budget shortfall with no guarantees about the amount of relevant Government funding for the coming financial year. Derbyshire County Council has outlined four proposed changes to its Derbyshire Discretionary Fund after revealing that despite the Government