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Anglesey deputy leader apologises for comment condemned as ‘appalling’ by area’s Conservative MPThe deputy leader of a Welsh council has stepped down after saying during a meeting that “all Tories should be shot”.Ieuan Williams, an independent councill…
Nicole Bent and her daughter are among dozens of homeless families being put up by council in hotel roomsA hotel getaway should be a time to escape the stresses of everyday life – but for Nicole Bent, life in a hotel has become her everyday. “It’s been…
Scully had been seen as a frontrunner for next year’s electoral race against Labour incumbent Sadiq KhanThe minister for London, Paul Scully, has failed to make the shortlist to be the Conservative candidate to run for the city’s mayor. Scully had prev…
Residents will no doubt have to pay a price for their authority’s risk taking and subsequent bankruptcyWinning in the rollercoaster business of commercial property development is hard. Look at the share prices of the two FTSE 100 titans, regarded as th…
Previous Tory leadership embarked on risky investment spree involving hotels and skyscrapersBusiness live – latest updatesWoking council has declared it is effectively bankrupt after admitting a risky investment spree involving hotels and skyscrapers o…
Owens centre, co-founded by Lubov Chernukhin, raises questions about whether public money has gone to projects most in need of itA £150,000 grant from Boris Johnson’s flagship levelling up towns fund was awarded to an amusement centre launched by the C…
Figures suggest insolvency-threatened council in Surrey faces huge write-down on its assetsWoking council risks a financial hit worth £1bn amid a government investigation into the local authority’s debt-fuelled investment spree in hotels and skyscraper…
Cabinet Office minister gives ‘absolute assurance’ ministers will not be involved in deeming what it irrelevant. This live blog is closedQ: Is there any evidence that your policies are responsible for crossings going down by 20%?Sunak says in the rest …
External commissioners appointed as council’s debts expected to exceed 100 times its annual net incomeUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have appointed external commissioners to in effect take control of a Surrey council with debts expected to …
Move comes after inquiry found children had faced ‘limitless’ cruelty with complicity of institutionsThe government is to launch a compensation scheme for survivors of child sexual abuse in England, the home secretary has said.The scheme is in response…