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Exclusive: Local authorities have spent less than £40m out of £170m collected since offsetting scheme began in 2016‘Smart, green thinking’: four innovative London council carbon-offset projectsLondon councils are sitting on more than £130m that should …
The polls will be first electoral test for Labour government, while Reform is standing candidates in almost every contestIt’s all about the bass – well at least the baseline. With all political parties likely to win in some places it can be hard to jud…
Polling predicts victory for party in Greater Lincolnshire and Hull/East Yorkshire with the Greens possibly taking West of EnglandThere are six mayoral elections next week. Two of them are for single-authority mayors (Doncaster and North Tyneside), but…
Reform leader accused of ‘wildly inaccurate’ remarks as he complains about UK creating ‘class of victims’Nigel Farage says the UK is “massively overdiagnosing those with mental illness problems” and creating a “class of victims”.In comments, which have…
Policy in Practice analysis shows twice as many people affected in north-east, north-west and Wales than in London and south-eastA £5bn programme of disability benefits cuts planned by the UK government will disproportionately hit people living in Wale…
Labour says move is hypocrisy since Greens support ban on no-fault evictions such as one served on Labour candidate and her familyA Green party council candidate is attempting to evict his Labour opponent from a house he owns using a no-fault notice, d…
Oak in Whitewebbs park in Enfield was cut down by contractors but Enfield council has urged police to investigateThe sudden felling of one of the oldest and largest oak trees in London has been reported to police, as campaigners renewed calls for bette…
Unite leader says ‘partial deal on pay protection for a few’ was overwhelmingly rejected in vote, as rubbish piles upBin workers have “overwhelmingly” rejected a deal that would have ended the all-out strike in Birmingham that has caused bin bags to pi…
AA says ‘cash-guzzling’ councils are adding clean-air levies to parking tariffs and resident parking permitsDrivers are being caught out by hefty price rises to park their cars, as councils across England impose parking surcharges on petrol and diesel …
In today’s newsletter: Four weeks into the dispute, with the council declaring a major incident, the streets are overflowing with rubbish and ratsGood morning. Whatever else is going on the world, there is very little that makes people as angry as the…