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Tom Pickup confirms he was member of group in which one participant allegedly called for ‘mass Islam genocide’ A Reform UK councillor has been suspended for participating in a WhatsApp group where members allegedly called for a “mass Islam genocide”.To…
Planned route linking Cambourne to Cambridge will go through one of county’s last traditional orchards A £160m busway scheduled to be built through one of Cambridgeshire’s last traditional orchards would cause irreversible ecological harm, a public inq…
Exclusive: Councils prosecuted just 64 landlords despite receiving 300,000 complaints from tenants in unfit homes Two-thirds of councils in England have not prosecuted a single landlord in the past three years, despite receiving 300,000 complaints from…
Resignations, suspensions and infighting lead to party losing crown of highest number of seats in the county“I know whenever I come back here next,” Nigel Farage told a jubilant crowd of hundreds in a leisure centre in Redruth, “Reform UK will become a…
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social careEnglish councils are planning to sell social clubs, sports centres and shopping arcades as they bet on a fire sale of assets to balance…
Exclusive: Communities secretary calls meeting over two councillors seeking electoral candidacy in BangladeshThe communities secretary, Steve Reed, has called a meeting with officials overseeing the running of Tower Hamlets council as concerns about th…
Education secretary says report highlights ‘glaring failures and missed opportunities’ by various agenciesServices in Surrey failed to identify Sara Sharif was at risk of abuse, did not question unexplained bruising and staff members visited the wrong …
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research findsPrivate companies operating care services in just three regions of England have taken more than £250m in profits in three years, with more t…
Local council unsuccessful in stopping use of Bell hotel in Essex, which became a flashpoint for protests this summerAsylum seekers can continue to be housed at an Essex hotel that became a flashpoint for anti-immigration protests during the summer, th…
Local authorities to be given powers to suspend rule-breaking officials and to withhold allowancesMayors and councillors in England face suspensions of up to six months for serious misconduct and repeated rule breaches as the government seeks to overha…