12 h. ago Locals' fury as boss of 'most complained about London council' gets OBE

The council has been accused of being one of the worst performing local authorities in London

Politics

13 h. ago Beach hut owners claim they are being treated like 'wealthy NIMBYs' after being ordered to pay full council tax on 'second home'

The huts, worth around half a million pounds each, along Mudeford Spit and Hengistbury Head have fallen into the sights of the local council as it scrambles to fund local services.

Economics

20 h. ago Couple 'laughed at by local council' after selling home to buy clifftop plot

Phil Merry and Amy Parkinson's £30,000 Trillingham property was meant to be their 'little slice of heaven', but the couple have been left a 'pig in a poke' due to coastal erosion

Politics

21 h. ago Couple who sold their home to buy £30,000 Norfolk clifftop land to open a campsite complain they were laughed at by council

Phil Merry and his wife Amy Parkinson had already arranged the sale of their bungalow in Nottingham and Mr Merry had started winding down his locksmith business.

Economics

28 h. ago Couple who sold their home to buy a £30,000 Norfolk clifftop plot of land to open a campsite are laughed at by the local council

Phil Merry and his wife Amy Parkinson had already arranged the sale of their bungalow in Nottingham and Mr Merry had started winding down his locksmith business.

Economics

32 h. ago How one Welsh council is performing when it comes to carbon emissions

Vale of Glamorgan Council puts most of the 6% rise last year down to the supply chain

Events

43 h. ago Perth and Kinross Council set to object to latest controversial wind farm proposal

Council officers have recommended councillors object to the plans for Glen Lednock Wind Farm

Politics

61 h. ago The reasons council housing rent could go up in the Vale of Glamorgan

Rents for council owned homes set to go up by 4.3% next year

Politics

4 d. ago Local authorities receive more than £46 million in council tax overpayments

The Scottish Liberal Democrats urged households to check their accounts

Economics

5 d. ago Two months left to get Household Support Fund help from your local council

The government scheme supports certain households through local councils, but you do not have long to apply

Politics

6 d. ago Councils should spend huge pension fund surpluses on services instead of hiking tax, says ROS ALTMANN

Local authorities spend around a quarter of the council tax they collect on pension contributions for staff.

Economics

7 d. ago How much one Welsh council could overspend on social services this year

Figures from September show a £360,000 overspend in Merthyr Tydfil's social services

Politics

9 d. ago Mega new UK motorway service station hit by ‘critical’ setback over £50m plans for 550 parking spaces, shops & play area

PLANS for a new motorway service area with food and drink outlets and some 550 parking spaces are facing significant scrutiny. The Welcome Break service station, set to be built on the M27 near Fareham, has been tipped to boost the local economy by £15million, according to the borough council. But National Highways has warned...

Economics

9 d. ago Nigel Farage targeting six London council wins for Reform in elections as he says capital 'in big trouble'

Reform UK leader says his party has ‘very real chance’ of winning in London in May elections

Events

1 week ago Cut back to where you once belonged: Sir Paul McCartney faces planning row challenge by neighbour to let trees be at London home around the corner from Abbey Road

The Beatles star, 83, has lodged an application with his local council to topple two Sycamore trees in the garden of his £10m townhouse in St John's Wood.

Transport

1 week ago I was BANNED from renting out my house with 25ft shark sticking out the roof but cheeky neighbours can still cash in

A HOMEOWNER with a 25ft shark sticking out of his roof has been banned from listing his house on Airbnb -but his neighbour is using the shark to net a fortune. Magnus Hanson-Heine was told to cease short term lets at his property almost 12 months ago by his local council, but his neighbour is renting...

Society

1 week ago Boxing Day hunt defies Chris Packham and local council to go ahead with centuries

Hundreds attended the hunt in Tiverton, Devon, amid Labour's plans to ban trail hunting.

Politics

2 w. ago Memorial garden wrecked by tyre tracks in act of 'mindless vandalism'

The garden honouring fallen soldiers has been affected a number of times according to the local community council

Politics

2 w. ago Perth and Kinross Council ending £50 million waste contract due to changes in circumstances

In 2023 Paprec Energies Binn signed a 10-year contract with PKC to work together to convert the council's residual waste into energy.

Economics

2 w. ago Perth and Kinross Council declares a Health and Social Care Emergency

Councillors have urged the Scottish Government, COSLA and NHS Scotland to provide the funding needed to ensure vital services can continue.

Politics