WEST YORKSHIRE
The authority led by Labour mayor Tracy Brabin handed a £96,000 contract to Lexington Communications for public affairs work over 10 months.

WANDSWORTH
The previous Labour regime handed £84,000 to Anacta Strategies UK over five months for advice, although no contract exists.

HIGH PEAK
Three Labour councillors have quit to go Independent, disgusted with a £100m “collab” with an urban developer and swanky “glow-up” plans for Buxton.

HAVERING
Reform’s new cabinet member for highways is a former Big Brother contestant who was in an accident in his BMW that proved fatal for a 62-year-old man.

LEICESTERSHIRE
Conservative members are under fire after being photographed sneakily watching the England v DR Congo World Cup match at a full council meeting.

MERTON
One Labour councillor missed a council meeting on “Cabinet Member Priorities” because he had Wimbledon tickets.

LAMBETH
After two by-elections, the Greens have lost control of one ward they won just two months ago and retained another by just a fraction.


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