budget cuts

Council budget plans address funding cuts

Vital day-to-day local services are being protected as the Government cuts another £27 million of funding for Plymouth residents.

The City Council is set to agree a draft budget for 2015/16 which includes £14 million less to spend on services next year due to Government funding cuts.

The Government has already cut the Council’s funding by £30m over three years and the City...

MP concerned about treatment of young people with mental health problems

An increasing number of under-18s are being treated on adult psychiatric wards a study has found.

Alison Seabeck MP is concerned about the lack of suitable facilities that are able to treat young people with mental health problems. They are often being treated on adult wards or being sent hundreds of miles away from their families. In 2013-2014 350 under-18s have been admitted to adult...