A source close to Mr Adams described the delay as ‘deplorable’ and said good causes are waiting to benefit from the money.

The parents of Ada Bicakci, killed aged 12 by a bus driver high on drugs, return to the site of the crash one year on. Updates here.

Disorder broke out after the murder of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in the town on July 29 last year.

NHS England had claimed the number that took part in the five-day walkout was down by 7.5 on the previous round of industrial action.