COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY
Councils continue their over-reaching enforcement of the CIL, which was intended as a developer charge to fund local infrastructure.

WEST OF ENGLAND
The scandal-hit combined authority paid recruiters almost £1m for an interim officer to fill two top roles over less than two and a half years.

SHEFFIELD
The council has told households of one street that it will "address inequality in how trees are planted" by, er, planting four trees outside their homes.

GUERNSEY
The island's parliament is investigating if it can restrict citizens' access to their own data, despite being reprimanded by the data watchdog for doing just that.

LISBURN & CASTLEREAGH
An Independent councillor was suspended and investigated by Knacker and the ombudsman – for making the chief executive's chair spin during a meeting.

HOUNSLOW
A Labour councillor has been reselected for his safe seat, despite parking his £200,000 Lamborghini in disabled parking bays without a blue badge.


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