WOKING
More than two years after the Surrey council declared itself bankrupt, its enormous debt largely remains and a government bailout is still in the works.

NEW FOREST
Chaos reigns at the council's refuse collection service, as roaming forest wildlife is breaking into bins and spreading domestic waste.

SOUTHWARK
Reports reveal that property improvement works that began in 2017 have overspent by more than £6m, and some of the work is still to be done.

BRISTOL
The Labour chair of the council's audit committee has blocked public questions about former mayor Marvin Rees's dealings with a US energy giant.

CROYDON
The basket-case council paid £726 per hour paid to a staffing agency for the services of a "transformation consultant" to assist the borough's head of HR.

SOMERSET
The council's director of resources and head of its "transformation project" missed an awkward meeting of the audit committee while he was on leave.

ANGLESEY
An Independent councillor who declared that "all Tories should be shot" has now suggested that his words are in fact a Welsh idiom.


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