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Top stories in this issue (1646):

CASTLE POINT
An auditor's report reveals that top officers at the Essex council had their salaries boosted by a scheme which saw their holiday allowances tripled.

HAMPSHIRE
A former Tory council leader claimed more than £15,000 in allowances over a six-month period despite failing to attend any meetings.

BATH & NE SOMERSET
The husband of the Lib Dem council leader received permission to convert an "unused" agricultural shed into a bed and breakfast.

WALTHAM FOREST
Amid a freeze on taxpayer-funded civil service credit cards, the pressure is on the council to follow suit and get a grip on the use of plastic by senior officers.

NORWICH UNION
A Labour cabinet member at the city council has yet to include her very relevant role at a lobbying agency on her council register of interests.

CROYDON
The London borough has given a new £40m, eight-year contract to the same rubbish contractor it sacked for incompetence less than two years ago.

WEST NORTHANTS
One man turned the tables on a local council that owed him money by taking it to court – then threatening to send in bailiffs when it didn't pay up.


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