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Letter signed by at least 330 councillors says refusal to back end to violence is ‘harming communities’At least 330 Labour councillors have signed a letter urging Keir Starmer to back a ceasefire in Gaza, despite the Labour leader’s attempts to reassur…
Cross-party group writes to chancellor saying councils face bankruptcy over temporary housing billsCouncil leaders have urged Jeremy Hunt to intervene to prevent the collapse of local homelessness services because of the soaring costs of providing emer…
Local authorities argue that Home Office would act unlawfully by moving refugees to RAF Scampton and RAF WethersfieldCouncil bosses have called on the high court to quash government plans to use the land of two former RAF bases to house asylum seekers….
Proceeds from potential sale of Edmé Bouchardon’s 18th-century sculpture could be used for community projectsIn a hunt for ceremonial robes and chains, a dusty chunk of stone propping open the door of a storage shed in Balintore, Easter Ross, was almos…
Budgets ‘under pressure like never before’ due to inflation and rising demand for social care, with deep cuts to services likelyMany more councils in England are at risk of bankruptcy, town hall leaders have warned, as unprecedented financial pressures…
Sayeeda Warsi criticises party for strongly advising its councillors not to attend pro-Palestine-related demonstrationsA senior Conservative peer has warned the Labour party not to join a race to the bottom over Israel-Hamas war protests as a council l…
Results will be seen as a verdict on Rishi Sunak if Tories lose seats where they had large majoritiesPolls have closed in the Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth byelections, seen as crucial in gauging the electoral fate of Rishi Sunak but difficult to predi…
Exclusive: Plans to plant 202 new trees and create ‘play village’ for children in salvaged city centre schemeThe more than 100 trees in the centre of Plymouth, whose overnight felling helped bring down the Conservative council, are to be replaced with …
Appeal follows emptying of shelves in apparent misunderstanding at ‘fill a bag with books for £1’ eventVolunteers at Batley library who watched helplessly as the shelves were emptied in a book sale misunderstanding are urging those who took books to co…
Exclusive: Relations said to be improving with Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham, who praised Gray’s inputUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has cleared the air with some of his party’s most high-profile mayors after a crunch meeting in London fac…