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NORTH NORTHANTS
A senior Tory councillor with an already chequered past has been suspended by the council leader after "new details" about a "historic" matter emerged.

COUNCIL FINANCES
According to the Local Government Association, English councils expect to run a collective £2.3bn deficit in the 2025-26 tax year.

LAMBETH
Winding up the failed Homes for Lambeth and its council estate regeneration schemes neatly is proving beyond the council’s officials.

WEST OF ENGLAND
Part-time regional mayor Dan Norris has spent thousands in taxpayers’ money in attempts to hush up allegations of bullying and harassment at the authority.

SUTTON
Councillor Sheldon Vestey flew nearly 1,000 miles to last week’s council meeting from his new family home in southern Spain.

SOUTHWARK
The regulator of social housing has found serious fire safety issues among the 36,800 council homes in the south London borough.


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