HARINGEY
The north London council is once again the rottenest borough of the year, according to the latest annual report from the Local Government Ombudsman.

COMMISSIONERS
High-earning government-appointed commissioners are busy skipping from one basket case council to the next, from Croydon to Birmingham and Nottingham.

NEWHAM
Chief executive Abi Gbago and mayor Rokhsana Fiaz, who have had a long-running spat, are both on their way out at the east London borough.

WIRRAL
Chaos reigns at the cash-strapped council (where no party has overall control) thanks to its bungled revamp of Birkenhead town centre.

SHEFFIELD
A councillor has had to apologise after posting anonymously in a Facebook group set up to fight her authority's plans to develop on greenbelt land.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Reform UK's opposition leader at the county council proposed that more funds be directed to grass-cutting in Tewkesbury – where he happens to live.


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