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Top stories in this issue (1658):

CAMBRIDGESHIRE
New figures reveal the scale of the jaw-dropping failure at This Land Ltd, the Lib Dem county council's crumbling housebuilding company.

PETERBOROUGH
Political chaos at the city council, with no end of floor-crossings by councillors and its leader suspended after calling grooming gang victims "poor white trash".

SURREY
Seeking help dealing with parents concerned over its SEND provision, the council hired a solicitor with a troubled history with families needing support.

WREXHAM
The Welsh auditor-general has chastised pugnacious councillors and officers for their spats for the second year running.

WANDSWORTH
The south-west London council is in hot water after unceremoniously switching off the heating in a sheltered housing block.

WEST NORTHANTS
A flurry of senior departures have recently been announced at the trouble-hit Reform-controlled council, including the chief executive.

PONTYPOOL
A Reform councillor has been posing provocatively in frilly underwear for various adult sites under the moniker "Princess Spyderlily".


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