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Top stories in this issue (1632):

PLYMOUTH
An investigation into how a forged signature helped the council borrow at a low rate to plug a £70m hole has concluded the forgery was, er, not fraudulent.

HAVERING
After a local government association report found a "disturbing" culture of racism at the council, a row has erupted over disclosure of the dossier.

CROYDON
The cash-strapped council's "interim" director of children's services, recruited in 2020 on a pay rate of £800 per day, is moving on at last.

ESSEX
The "internet prankster" who received £500,000 from Essex county council for running Facebook pages has admitted to the Eye he may have been "overpaid".

DERBY
Now that Baggy Shanker MP is no longer council leader, his Labour colleagues are working with the county council to get a controversial waste plant open.

BRADFORD
There is still no confirmation that a live music venue costing taxpayers more than £50m will open on time in the UK's 2025 City of Culture.

ABERDEEN
There's a £34m hole in the city council's budget, which it blames not on its own disastrous decisions but on Covid, the Ukraine war and the cost-of-living crisis.

KENSINGTON & CHELSEA
The Grenfell Tower inquiry's report was scathing about the borough's role in the fire, but its housing lead from 2017 has moved on to pastures new.


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