Staff won’t be put on kids’ list The Department for Education and Skills has refused a referral from Wakefield City Council to place six sacked members of staff on the Protection of Children Act list. The staff were sacked for turning whistleblower after making allegations to The Yorkshire Post about the running of children’s homes in Wakefield and the neglect of children in care. East Cambs refuses to pay up East Cambridgeshire DC has blasted suggestions it should provide extra funds for neighbouring councils’ concessionary bus fair schemes. The council blamed a ‘muddled miscalculation’ by Chancellor Gordon Brown when formulating grants for each of the county’s local authorities.
