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ABERDEEN
The council has belatedly provided fresh data on the artworks and artefacts it lost in 2021 – but the new information only deepens the confusion.

SHROPSHIRE
The council that recently avoided financial collapse with a government bailout is forking out millions to prop up its troubled housing company.

BRIGHTON & HOVE
Almost 100 vulnerable homeless households appear to have been relocated to a neighbouring authority without the latter's full knowledge.

TOWER HAMLETS
Among the Greens' newest supporters is a former councillor who was expelled from Labour in 2012 and was jailed in 2016 for housing tenancy fraud.

SOUTH KESTEVEN
The council in Lincolnshire is in a stand-off with a care watchdog after refusing to acknowledge the harm it had caused a homeless man.

DURHAM
Departures from the local Reform group continue, with Dawn Saunders becoming the eighth councillor to leave since May last year.


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