Hundreds of council employees carried on being paid even after they left, landing cash-strapped Lancashire County Council with a bill of almost half a million pounds.
Assaults in HMP Preston have increased by 82 per cent in the last five years, leading to government plans to double the maximum sentence for assaults on prison officers.
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