SLOUGH The Tory-run council has "lost track" of 500 people living in temporary accommodation, meaning it underestimated its spending by £10m.

NEWHAM The ombudsman has ordered the council to pay almost £13,000 to a disabled family left languishing in unacceptable accommodation for years.

SURREY Councillors are complaining that the county council skewed consultation towards its preferences ahead of the switch to two unitary authorities in 2027.

LEICESTER The debt- ridden council is keen to hide its £10m dispute with waste contractor Biffa, and mystery surrounds the payout two months on.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE A Reform councillor was let off after posting on Facebook that "Christians are being killed while Islam is being support [sic], Jews are being murder [sic]".


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