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GEDLING
The Labour borough council has yet to provide a coherent explanation of how it was robbed of nearly £1m over 19 years by a bent senior finance officer.

TOWER HAMLETS
Elected mayor Lutfur Rahman's Aspire party no longer has control of the London borough following the resignation of two of its councillors.

WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
The council has asked residents to take part in an anonymous survey to discover the extent of domestic abuse in the county. Some locals detect a certain irony…

ENFIELD
A planning application by a local councillor for a dropped kerb outside his house has resulted in controversy in the north London borough.

STIRLING
A Labour councillor has retained a role heading an anti-bullying taskforce, despite the fact he was suspended for five months last year for bullying.

KIRKLEES
The council in West Yorkshire, set for an £18m-plus overspend this year, plans to sell seven properties, including a care home, a youth centre and a library.


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