A new national report shows complaints about council services have hit a record high across England, yet the North East continues to have the lowest rate of complaints of any region. The exception is adult social care, where our region sits second only to London. The figures come from the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s Annual Review, published in July 2026, which covers every council in England. The national picture The Ombudsman r…
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