ESSEX
Despite evidence of a financial scandal, one county councillor is sticking his head in the sand, saying he "wouldn't take Private Eye as the gospel".

COVENTRY
The city council has had to delve into its reserves to balance its books, with its bungling planning committee in large part to blame.

NEWHAM
The London borough's elected Labour mayor is under a cloud after a raft of complaints about her behaviour.

BASILDON
The new council leader didn't like it when the previous Tory administration put its own members in charge of scrutiny – so guess what he has just done…

WALTHAM FOREST
The ICO has berated the council's monitoring officer over late and inadequate responses to questions from a resident about deadly asbestos in the town hall.

SOMERSET
The council's preferred bidder for a controversial development has suddenly walked away from the project, blaming the hostility of locals.


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