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GREENWICH
Has the Labour-controlled council splashed taxpayers’ cash on a bid to silence a resident campaigning on building safety?

LEEDS
Green infighting continues after a row over the special responsibility allowance paid to Mothin Ali, with one member quitting to sit as an “Independent Green”.

SANDWELL
Reform councillor Ray Massey is anxiously awaiting council approval to run his unauthorised greasy spoon café – almost two years after he opened it.

HAVERING
Rumblings as Reform attempts to use its flagship London council to prove it is “competent and stable” even as rumours swirl of defections to Restore.

COVENTRY
A probe into trustees’ failings at the Coventry City of Culture Trust is awkward for those now heading up Oxfordshire and Warwickshire councils as CEOs.

SHEFFIELD
Psychics wanted! Residents must apparently submit questions for upcoming meetings before papers saying what will be discussed are actually published.


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