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Authority admits it failed to properly inspect decaying willow that crushed Ella Henderson in school playgroundA council has been fined £280,000 for oversights that led to a six-year-old girl being crushed to death by a falling tree in her school playg…
Exclusive: Council says only one competitive bid for central government money has been successful in six yearsRishi Sunak’s boast to Tunbridge Wells residents that he diverted public funds from deprived urban areas to help those such as the affluent Ke…
Political disagreement about the role of the state, the expense of reform and our unwillingness to confront ageing are at the root of the problemA confidential No 10 memo on (not) reforming social care reads: “The prime minister agreed that this seemed…
Bevy of bollards along 50-metre stretch of pavement is likened to ski slalom course and called an eyesoreResidents in Birmingham have been left perplexed after the city council covered a pavement near a primary school with a “barmy” array of 60 bollard…
Labour leader pledges major push to devolve power from Westminster in ‘decade of national renewal’Labour will launch a “take back control” bill aimed at devolving sweeping powers to local communities in its first term if it wins the next election, Keir…
Jamie Driscoll has formed an unlikely bond with the levelling up secretary, Michael GoveOne is the Jeremy Corbyn-supporting former nightclub bouncer who retired as a jiu-jitsu sensei to enter politics at the age of 48. The other is Michael Gove.Togethe…
PM has reinstated ‘boring government’ but smooth relations with backbenchers are unlikely to lastAt the end of one of the most tumultuous years of politics in decades, Rishi Sunak is confident he has successfully managed to calm Tory MPs and – in the w…
Party also says it wants to turn jobcentres into hubs for skills training and advice for entrepreneursLabour hopes local knowledge can make jobcentres a class actLabour is planning a radical overhaul of jobseeking in the UK by promising to hand major p…