3 d. ago Rural councils to get money for ‘remoteness’ cost in funding shake

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has announced a ‘comprehensive review’ of local government aimed at slashing red tape and reforming funding.

Economics

4 d. ago Matt Hancock admits care home pandemic plans 'as good as useless' as inquiry shown chilling texts

Appearing before the Covid Inquiry, former Health Secretary Matt Hancock lashed out at local authorities and Public Health England as messages between him and minister Helen Whately were revealed

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7 d. ago Civil servants start industrial action over return to office mandate

Members of Public and Commercial Services Union are also protesting against the closure of six work locationsCivil servants will begin indefinite industrial action on Monday in protest against office closures and moves to make them work from the office.Public sector workers in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) in offices, including in the capital, will take action short of a strike from Monday. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Angela Rayner's civil servants launch 'work to rule' protest after being told they cannot WFH

Staff at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, which is headed by the Deputy Prime Minister, will begin the industrial action next week.

Events

1 week ago Argentina to put Iranians and Lebanese on trial in absentia over 1994 Jewish center bombing

An Argentine judge has ordered that the 10 Lebanese and Iranian citizens accused of involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires face trial in absentia

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2 w. ago Millions of households could pay £38 less a month on council tax bill under new changes

The average band D household would pay approximately £38 less each month if they paid over 12 months instead of ten, according to figures from the the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Economics

2 w. ago JIM McMAHON: 'Council tax bailiff system isn't right or fair

Local Government Minister Jim McMahon writes for e Mirror that vulnerable people are being forced to pay a years' council tax in one hit or face bailiffs - which 'isn't right or fair'

Politics

2 w. ago Council tax bills 'set to rise in Southern England' under Labour plan to send more taxpayers' money to the North

Local Government Minister Jim McMahon this morning unveiled proposals to 'modernise' they system and send more than £2billion 'to the places and communities that need it most'.

Economics

2 w. ago At least 51 Palestinians killed while waiting for aid trucks in Gaza, health officials say

At least 51 Palestinians were killed and over 200 wounded in the Gaza Strip while waiting for U.N. and commercial trucks to enter the territory with desperately needed food, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry and a local hospital

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2 w. ago Israel kills 45 in latest shooting of Gazans seeking food, say local officials

Soldiers shot Gazans who were expecting aid trucks, according to the local health ministry

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2 w. ago Israel kills 59 in latest shootings of Gazans seeking food, say local officials

Soldiers shot Palestinians who were expecting aid trucks, according to local health ministry

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2 w. ago At least 51 Palestinians killed in Gaza waiting for food trucks, says health ministry

More than 200 also wounded on Tuesday morning as they waited for UN and commercial trucks to enter territory with aid suppliesMiddle East crisis – live updatesAt least 51 Palestinians have been killed and more than 200 wounded while waiting for UN and commercial trucks to enter the territory with desperately needed food, according to Gaza’s health ministry and a local hospital.Palestinian witnesses said Israeli forces carried out an airstrike on a nearby home before opening fire toward the crowd in the southern city of Khan Younis on Tuesday morning. The military did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer tells councils to pick up the bill for Labour’s spending commitments

As the row over the spending review continues, the prime minister has washed his hands of expected large increases in local taxation

Economics

3 w. ago Anas Sarwar pledges to back local businesses as First Minister as bus firm set to leave Scotland

SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: The Scottish Labour leader will join mayors of some of the UK's biggest cities to try and create a contracts pipeline for domestic firms.

Politics

3 w. ago Lush 'bath bomb bandit' who looted shop in 'war zone' Hull riots jailed

Jordan Briggs, 24, was 'drinking all morning' in Hull when riots 'resembling a war zone' broke out in the wake of the Southport stabbing which he decided to join in an 'act of idiocy'

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3 w. ago John Swinney accused of planning council tax freeze 'bribe' ahead of Holyrood election

EXCLUSIVE: A senior council figure said the First Minister did not rule out a freeze during a meeting with local authority leaders.

Politics

3 w. ago Argentina’s Javier Milei calls Spanish Prime Minister ‘local bandit’ in latest war of words

Milei previously called the Spanish PM’s wife corrupt which led to a diplomatic spat between the two countries

Politics

4 w. ago Rachel Reeves in standoff over policing and council budgets days before spending review

Chancellor still at negotiating table on Sunday as Home Office demands more cash Rachel Reeves has been locked in a standoff over the policing and council budgets just days before this week’s spending review, which is set to give billions to the NHS, defence and technology.Yvette Cooper’s Home Office and Angela Rayner’s housing and local government ministry were the two departments still at the negotiating table on Sunday fighting for more cash, after weeks of trying to reach a settlement. Continue reading...

Economics

4 w. ago Rachel Reeves strikes 11th hour deal with Angela Rayner to break cabinet civil war deadlock

Exclusive: The Treasury agreed a late deal with Angela Rayner’s Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government on Sunday evening, just days before Rachel Reeves publishes the spending review

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last month New Zealand PM's aide quits after prostitute reveals he had been secretly recording sex workers and taking intimate photos of other women

The Prime Minister's aide resigned after a local news outlet alleged he covertly recorded audio of sessions with sex workers and secretly photographed women at the gym.

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