内容摘要：I've had a quick skim over the new intake of Tory MPs and who they backed in the first Tory leadership contest of July-September 2022.

I've had a quick skim over the new intake of Tory MPs and who they backed in the first Tory leadership contest of July-September 2022.

Neghat Khan took over at the struggling council in May,Speaking to BBC News, Ms Khan said increasing demand for services meant gaps in the council’s budget had continued to grow.

“You hear about the challenges, being a councillor for 10 years, but actually it’s only when you’re in the hot seat you look at the figures you have access to and realise the demand is not slowing down,” she said.The latest figures show the council is facing a budget gap of £69m in the 2025/26 financial year, and a total gap of £172m over the next three years.Ms Khan said she wanted to avoid issuing another section 114 notice “at all costs” but that it would require “radical change” in how services are delivered.

“We’re trying our best to balance the budget and come up with proposals. We’re not just salami slicing any more because we can’t,” she said.The Labour council leader was pictured alongside Chancellor Rachel Reeves at the party’s recent conference in Liverpool.

In a post on X, she said she had made the case for “equitable funding for councils”.

Asked why she had not asked for more funding, Ms Khan said changes had to be "sustainable"."I was having to go to meetings and collect donations. I could just about hold it together. If I'd been crying, I'd put on dark glasses."

The stress and hardship soon took its toll on Amanda's health and she ended up in hospital with pneumonia.For most people, such a health scare would have been disastrous. But for Amanda, the hospital ward provided sanctuary.

"The hospital knew and they sort of pampered me a bit," she said."I was just glad of a bed and a bathroom. It was clean. It felt luxury to me."