Council leader defends £8.5 million overspend claiming officers 'worked their socks off' to keep spending down
Leader calls for more social homes to be built amid rising calls for abolition of 'no fault evictions'
More than 80 venues offer warm space support throughout energy crisis – with 90 per cent set to do so again next winter
Aldi donates more than 20,000 meals to communities in Shropshire and Staffordshire during Easter holidays
