The Chief Officer of the Children, Young People, Education and Skills Department will step down from his role in two weeks' time, it has emerged – but details of how his role will be filled in the interim have not been made public.
An investigation into claims of bullying at the hospital made in an anonymous letter shared with media, senior civil servants and politicians cost nearly £50,000, it has emerged.
Ministers are going to miss their deadline to create a plan for a new windfall “charge” to recover some of the vast profits generated when a field is rezoned for housing – because they don’t have the funds to hire outside experts to get the work done.