Council’s £100k appeal to buy lost Turner painting for Bristol
A council has launched a one-week fundraiser to return JMW Turner’s earliest-known oil painting “to its home”. Bristol…
Rachel Reeves ‘in retreat’ over Cabinet spending demands: Ed Miliband ‘fights off’ curbs to Net Zero insulation plan as Angela Rayner ‘holds out for housing and councils cash’ days before announcements due
By JAMES TAPSFIELD, POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE Published: 03:28 EDT, 5 June 2025 | Updated: 03:29 EDT, 5…
Nigel Farage’s plan to fly only the Union Jack at councils ‘is a blow to support for war-torn Ukraine’
By DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 18:35 EDT, 5 May 2025 | Updated: 18:35 EDT, 5 May 2025 Reform…
Lib Dems take two councils after winning Conservative votes
The Liberal Democrats have taken control of Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Shropshire County Councils, after taking dozens of seats…
Revealed: Families fined over £40 million for going on term-time holidays since 2022 – and the top 10 councils with the most fines
By ESTHER MARSHALL Published: 04:41 EDT, 29 April 2025 | Updated: 05:24 EDT, 29 April 2025 New research…
Councils putting homeless children at risk, MPs find
Joshua Nevett Political reporter BBC Sam Revell said she was placed in “horrendous” temporary accommodation Councils are exposing…
Publish pothole progress or lose cash, PM Starmer tells England councils
Mitchell Labiak Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The government have issued an ultimatum to local authorities, asking…
Plan to make it easier for councils to seize land for housing
Councils are to be given greater powers to seize land, under government plans to boost housebuilding. The measure…
Historic bowls club faces closure over council’s ‘disastrous’ plans to hike parking charges – by 2,000%
An historic bowls club could face extinction after a council unveiled an increase in parking charges of more…
Councils fear shake-up won’t improve finances, survey suggests
Alex Forsyth Political correspondent Joshua Nevett Political reporter Getty Images A large portion of council leaders fear a…