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Recovery plan for country’s largest authority could include job cuts, asset sales and council tax risesWhat might Birmingham city council be forced to sell?UK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have announced commissioners will run Birmingham city…
Housing secretary’s move will provide financial and management oversight at local authority, which is in effect bankruptMichael Gove will this week announce the appointment of commissioners to take over the day-to-day running of Birmingham city council…
Survey reveals Labour more likely than Lib Dems to overturn Conservatives’ 25,000 majority in Nadine Dorries’s former seat• Read more: byelection duel could gift Mid Beds to ToriesLabour and the Conservatives are neck and neck in the battle for the pre…
Susan Hall also seemingly endorsed Islamophobic abuse of Labour rival Sadiq Khan, campaign group revealsUK politics live – latest updatesSusan Hall, the Conservative candidate for London mayor, has liked tweets praising Enoch Powell, as well as some co…
New Lib Dem leadership in Surrey Heath attacks previous Conservative regime for racking up debts worth £165mMichael Gove’s local council is warning that it faces effective bankruptcy within two years after racking up millions of pounds in debt for fail…
The minister for local government ordered the shift pattern for refuse collectors and office workers to endA council that has been trying out a four-day week for office workers and bin collectors is to defy ministers and press ahead with its new workin…
RAC calls on government to boost council funding as data shows road maintenance dropped by almost a thirdThe mileage of local roads in England being resurfaced or treated to avoid potholes has fallen to its lowest level in five years, research has show…
Rating agency report amid local government crisis lists 20 most indebted authorities relative to sizeMore English councils are expected to fail owing billions of pounds in debts, a leading credit rating agency has warned, amid an escalating crisis for …
Government contract aims to reduce the number of specialist care plans by a fifthThe government has quietly signed a contract targeting 20% cuts to the number of new education plans for children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) to…
GMB union is supporting 3,000 claims in Birmingham – and is gathering evidence from 20 other councilsCouncils in the UK are facing compensation bills running into billions of pounds over equal pay claims, campaigners have warned, as they called on the …