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Exclusive: Investigation finds huge sums of taxpayers’ money spent on poor quality private homes Taxpayers have spent close to half a billion pounds buying beds in the worst care homes in England in the last four years, driving profits for private inve…
Some intend to defect or stand as independents after ‘undemocratic’ deselection of mostly BAME councillorsThe Labour party in Leicester has been left reeling after 19 sitting councillors, the majority of them from BAME backgrounds, were deselected by t…
Tory councillor Richard Bingley signed off night-time mass felling as part of £12m regeneration schemeA council leader who has been embroiled in a row after ordering the felling of more than 100 trees is to resign.Richard Bingley, the leader of Plymout…
Former prime minister has submitted dossier defending his behaviour before televised grilling on WednesdayDowning Street has rejected a claim that government announcements are being held back this week because of all the media attention that the Boris …
Government-appointed managers will take over day-to-day running after authorities fell into effective bankruptcyTwo local authorities have been put into special measures after struggling to recover from the bad investments and governance failings that …
Residents’ association claims Tower Hamlets officials and councillors knew about overcrowding at Maddocks HousePressure is growing for an independent investigation into the role of the London borough of Tower Hamlets before a fatal fire in an overcrowd…
Scores of trees destroyed in a few hours on Tuesday night despite petition to save them signed by 16,000 peopleMore than 100 mature trees have been cut down in the centre of Plymouth in a move campaigners said was reminiscent of the needless felling of…
Malicious communications sent to two people against ex-Top Gear host’s Diddly Squat farm expansionDeath threats have been made against two people who opposed Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat farm expansion, the local council has revealed.West Oxfordshire…
Joint action comes after 100 asylum seekers removed from Greenwich hotel against their will last month Two-thirds of London’s councils have signed a letter to the home secretary calling for a major shake-up of the government’s hotels policy for asylum …
Analysis shows parts of country with greatest health-related deprivation have lost out the most‘A huge loss’: readers on UK leisure centre closuresEngland has lost almost 400 swimming pools since 2010, with parts of the country that have the greatest h…