THURROCK
More evidence of incompetence emerges as the council tries to recover some of the £150m the previous regime spaffed on worthless schemes.

WILTSHIRE
With a 17-strong paid media team, the Tory leader believes a new spinner is needed. So who better than his fellow councillor – and wife?

HARINGEY
The Regulator of Social Housing finds that all 80 council blocks of five storeys or more have "life-critical fire safety" defects.

BRADFORD
Relations with the trust created to manage failing children's services were already at breaking point, but now financial woes are added.

BIRMINGHAM
Of 17,937 complaints to the ombudsman about local authorities in 2023-24, England's largest local authority again tops the list.

CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE
The council has "mothballed" its housing company, New Vista Homes, because despite using £600,000 of public money a year it hasn't, er, built any homes.


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