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Top stories in this issue (1660):

HARINGEY
Negligent staff at the London borough's social work department left more than 1,100 emails unread – including 500 police welfare reports.

BOURNEMOUTH
The first half of an internal investigation into the council's regeneration company outlines how the ex-leader handed high-earning roles to his chums.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Confidential papers from earlier this year reveal the Lib Dem authority discussed secret plans to bury its hapless housebuilder, This Land Ltd.

SOMERSET
Fresh from threatening an innocent, terminally ill former councillor over non-existent debts, the council has hit him with another incorrect bill.

KENSINGTON & CHELSEA
The borough is accused of ignoble behaviour over a consultation, after residents urged it to rein in gung-ho door-to-door canvassers for a development.

NORTHUMBERLAND
Another two Reform councillors have got the boot amid conduct concerns, with the party removing the whip and investigating the duo.


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