Daily roundup 16 November: Emergency budget, serious case review, and pens

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has demanded an emergency budget for public services, claiming they are "in crisis". The BBC reports that McDonnell is promising to spend about £17bn a year extra on the NHS, social care, schools and local government. The extra spending would be paid for by tax rises for corporations and "the rich", while tackling tax avoidance, he said.


A serious case review looking at council failings that allowed Ilavarasan and Vinothan Rajenthiram to groom girls as young as 14 from their convenience shop in Wirral will not be published. The Liverpool Echo reports that the decision was taken by the local safeguarding board in order to protect the identity of one of the victims, but has prompted claims of a cover-up.


A primary school in Prime Minister Theresa May's constituency has written to parents asking for a £1-a-day voluntary contribution to help pay for pens, pencils and books. The Metro reports that Robert Piggott Church of England school in Wargrave, Berkshire, said "national changes to school funding" meant they had to request voluntary donations to make up the shortfall.


Depression in fathers, as well as mothers, has an impact on children despite mothers often being the focus when treating adolescent depression, a study has found. The BBC reports that a University College London report looked at found that both parents had a role to play in preventing teenage depression. The researchers have said fathers should seek help for depressive symptoms by speaking to their doctor.