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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…
Labour accuses Nigel Farage’s party of ‘mass rebrand’ after research into nominations of former ConservativesMore than 60 of Reform UK’s council candidates standing in this year’s elections are defectors from the Conservative party, according to resear…
County councils across England are being elected on 1 May, along with four regional mayors. Find out which areas are voting and search for your ownIn many other years, the first set of local elections with a new government and prime minister in place w…
Council leader says situation causing ‘harm and distress’ with 17,000 tonnes of rubbish uncollectedBirmingham city council has declared a major incident over an ongoing bin strike, saying the daily blocking of depots by picket lines means vehicles are …
As Reform UK launched its English local elections campaign in Birmingham there were murmurs among activists about the fate of a ‘popular figure’There was one name on the lips of many Reform supporters before their party’s local election campaign launch…
Billboards in Birmingham cite party leader’s remarks about a new funding model as local elections campaigning beginsLabour has begun an all-out assault on Nigel Farage over his views on the NHS in the run-up to key elections in May, as the Reform UK le…
Jason Stockwood, ex chair of Grimsby Town FC, has a plan for keeping his rival Andrea Jenkyns from implementing US-style cutsLabour can beat Reform UK by focusing relentlessly on the cost of living, the party’s mayoral candidate for Greater Lincolnshir…
A debate is raging over the future of a council building used for art exhibitions as public services in the Sussex town are squeezedWhen the doors closed on two art shows in the Sussex town of Lewes last weekend, a record number of people had crossed t…
Survey reveals senior officials think changes will do little to address local authorities’ dire financial crisisMinisters’ plans to shake up the structure of English local government by merging councils are “ill-thought-out”, “insane” and a “bizarre di…
Of the three council races this year for seats on the council, this one could serve as the test of voters’ satisfaction with City Hall’s more moderate posture.