BEDFORDSHIRE
Council chiefs scrapped a consultation to rebuild a special school in desperate need of repair – three weeks after launching the process.

CITY OF LONDON
The City can easily fork out £105m to spruce up the dilapidated Golden Lane Estate, but instead it agreed to kick repairs into the long grass.

HAMPSHIRE
A former county council leader who claimed more than £15,000 in allowances despite attending no meetings has won a prize for "dedication and hard work".

CROYDON
The departing Katherine Kerswell is the only council chief executive to have presided over three Section 114 notices of effective bankruptcy.

WILTSHIRE
Cash-strapped Swindon council failed to connect a giant money-saving rechargeable battery three years ago, and is only now fixing the problem.

TENDRING
A district councillor Richard Everett who was among the first Reform councillors in Essex quietly slithered off the party's roster.


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