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Top stories in this issue (1622):

WEST NORTHANTS
The Tory council leader has stepped down after the Eye exposed him as a serial abuser with at least three victims of abuse over three decades.

ART SALES
Freedom of information requests for the Eye reveal that councils across the country have been selling off valuable artworks to balance the books.

LIVERPOOL
The city council was ordered by the ICO to name two councillors who were summoned to court over non-payment of council tax.

BRISTOL
The city council is considering building 166 new homes in the area of the city most likely to flood, after the Environment Agency changed its tune.

SUTTON
The collapse of a construction firm awarded contracts worth £44.2m by the London borough has left hundreds of suppliers seriously out of pocket.

COPELAND
Auditors have slammed the Cumbrian council's accounting practices, describing them as the worst they'd ever seen.


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