City of York council’s commercial waste service “failed to keep up” with the volume of businesses that had to close during the Covid-19 pandemic, a damning audit concluded. An aerial view of York, ...

A new plan has been drawn up to tackle council-related fraud in Redcar and Cleveland. The organisation Veritau, which is employed by the council to carry out such work, said more than £41,000 had been ...

Anti-fraud efforts which recovered £42,000 in funds last year yet cost £46,000 are value for money, a council has insisted. The savings from the 2024/25 annual period were secured on behalf of Redcar ...