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Survey lays bare precarious state of local finances and increasingly ‘desperate’ measures planned in many areasMore than half of local authorities in England plan to cut more services while also raising council tax by the maximum possible amount, as th…
Trust entered administration owing money to city council, Coventry University and arts groupThe mayor of the West Midlands has called for an investigation into the Coventry city of culture trust, which went into administration this week, resulting in t…
Exclusive: Funding hole directly affects elderly people whose bills are entirely or partly paid for by councils‘Not shoved miles away’: Cumbrian fight to keep care in the communityA £2.3bn-a-year hole has been exposed in England’s elderly care home sys…
Villagers of Staveley want to turn closed care home into new facility for older people but have run into council roadblockShortfall of £2.3bn a year in England’s care homes ‘putting people at risk’Hospitals are clogged with patients fit for discharge w…
Tory leader of Local Government Association fears staff will be ‘overwhelmed’ by rush for voter authority certificates Staff running local elections in May risk being “overwhelmed” by bureaucracy and complaints before and on polling day because of new …
Defenders of LTNs in Oxford report antisemitic and conspiracy-theory chanting at confrontations over traffic reduction measuresFar-right activists and other extremists are attempting to hijack local issues such as low-traffic schemes by linking them to…
Gangs among those buying up cheap houses and claiming housing benefit for vulnerable people who do not live there, police sayRogue landlords are conning the government out of millions of pounds by fraudulently claiming housing benefits for so-called “g…
Woking says it is at risk of issuing section 114 notice, which would force central government to interveneA local council in Surrey has signalled it is close to effective bankruptcy after amassing debts worth almost £2bn to fund a property investment s…
Two-thirds of local authorities did not prosecute anyone for disabled parking scheme fraud, data revealsFour councils are responsible for bringing more than half of the prosecutions in England for people abusing the use of disabled parking badges.Figur…
About three-quarters of largest authorities with responsibility for social care have opted for full 4.99% riseThe majority of English top-tier councils are planning to raise council tax by the maximum permitted, with the bill for average properties to …