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NEWHAM / SOUTHWARK
MONTHS after damning reports by the Regulator for Social Housing, two London councils are still putting tenants at risk of electrical fire.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE
The county council seems determined to dig its loss-making wholly owned housebuilding company out of trouble at any cost.

HOUNSLOW
A former mayor has stepped down as cabinet member for regulatory services and enforcement after falling foul of his own regulatory body.

WOLVERHAMPTON
In 2024 there were 21,188 taxi drivers licensed in Wolverhampton, and the council generated £12.3m from licence fees in three years.

NORTH NORTHANTS
Reform campaigned with slogans such as "No more warehouses" – but all eight Reform councillors on the committee have voted for a huge warehouse park.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
A Reform councillor is now arguing that global warming is a "hoax" – despite his history of selling eco-friendly building materials.


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