Rubbish bins, recycling containers and bottle banks across the country are overflowing as severe staff shortages brought about by rising Covid cases have decimated council services. Councillors in London, Gloucestershire, Somerset and... Read more »
London City Council will be presented with an emergent motion at Tuesday’s meeting, denouncing Québec’s Bill 21. The bill prohibits the wearing of religious symbols such as hijabs, kippas, turbans and crosses... Read more »
Inner London boroughs continue to see the biggest surge as the Omicron variant sweeps through the capital. Hackney saw cases rise by more than 80 per cent, with 2,162 new infections recorded... Read more »
Waltham Forest Council insists there is “no question of any impropriety or conflict of interest” after its former leader took a job at a housing company. In September, Cllr Clare Coghill, who... Read more »
Labour council that raised tax bills by five per cent will pay its new climate change boss £109,000 a year – more than the Energy Minister’s salary Half the families live on... Read more »
Steve Agbota Nigeria, at the weekend, lost its fifth attempt to get re-elected into the ‘Category C’ of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council seat. Despite high hopes that Nigeria would seal... Read more »
Sutton Council considered buying part of the famous Peep Show flats, known as Apollo House in Channel 4’s cult comedy classic. Apollo House in Croydon is the fictional home of Jeremy ‘Jez’... Read more »
Merton Council has defended holding financial meetings behind closed doors in a secret snub to voters. Meetings of the authority’s financial monitoring task group have started to be held without agendas being... Read more »
A mystery benefactor will match donations to a Croydon youth centre as the future of council funding remains uncertain. Legacy Youth Zone opened its doors in 2019 after years of planning. It... Read more »
North London council tax is set to go up again while services face millions of pounds of cuts – including possible job losses and changes to local bus routes. Brent Council’s initial... Read more »
