2 h. ago Farage condemns Starmer after street attack on Reform council leader

Warwickshire council leader George Finch said he was assaulted by a young man who told him he was a ‘racist’ and a ‘fascist’

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4 h. ago Reform council leader vows to ‘lie in front of bulldozers’ to stop Ed Miliband’s net zero projects

Reform UK have been vocal about their opposition to net zero plans

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6 h. ago Nigel Farage blames Keir Starmer as Reform UK council leader, 19, ‘attacked in the street’

George Finch, 19, claims a suspect branded him ‘racist and fascist’ and assaulted him while he was out with a female friend

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16 h. ago Nigel Farage blames Prime Minister after Reform council leader, 19, is physically attacked in the street

Reform UK politician and the youngest council leader in Britain, George Finch, 19 (left), was branded a 'racist' and a 'fascist' during the street assault on Friday night.

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3 d. ago Calls for UK government to pardon women executed for witchcraft

Council leader writes to home secretary asking for general pardon for ‘witches’ convicted in 16th and 17th centuriesOn 30 July 1652, seven women were hanged on Penenden Heath in Maidstone, Kent. Witch trials and executions were far from unusual at the time, in the town or elsewhere, but rarely were so many convicted at once.The women – Anne Ashby, Mary Brown, Anne Martyn, Mildred Wright, Susan Pickenden, Anne Wilson and Mary Reade – had been accused by their neighbours of terrible acts including “bewitching to death” a 10-day-old baby, the child’s mother, and another three-year-old. Several were claimed to have “carnally known” the devil in exchange for their monstrous powers. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Glasgow hit by 7,500 homeless applications from outside the city as housing 'emergency' takes grip

EXCLUSIVE: The huge number of applications from south of the border has prompted SNP council leader to call for action from the UK and Scottish Governments.

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6 d. ago 'The Conservative party is over': Greater Manchester borough's Tory leader defects to Reform

Jack Rydeheard became Tory leader at the council just 13 weeks ago

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7 d. ago War over words breaks out over road safety on South Lanarkshire school journeys

The SNP hit out at serious and valid safety concerns" over pupils' journeys while Labour's council leader accused his rivals of using the issue as a “political football”.

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1 week ago Manchester council leader issues statement after two killed in synagogue attack

"Manchester stands with our Jewish community at this darkest of moments"

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1 week ago London city employees claim council members created a hostile work environment

London city employees claim council members created a hostile work environment  Lexington Herald Leader

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1 week ago Airdrie Library marks 100th anniversary with programme of events

To mark the occasion, Jim Logue, leader of North Lanarkshire Council, joined local children from the Time Travellers initiative to bury a capsule filled with memories and creative work.

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1 week ago Nottingham paper takes legal action over Reform council’s ban on reporters

Publisher says stopping it from talking to Nottinghamshire council’s leader is breach of the right to free expressionA local paper whose journalists have been ostracised by a Reform UK council is taking legal action, arguing the move is a breach of its right to free expression.The Nottingham Post, and its online site Nottinghamshire Live, has been barred from speaking to the council’s leader and removed from media mailing lists by the Reform-led Nottinghamshire county council. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago West Lothian councillor says Holyrood should 'pay up' over brown bin charges

Council Leader Lawrence Fitzpatrick responded after the Local Democracy Reporting Service revealed that it will be at least 2027 before a decision is made.

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2 w. ago Manchester's 'new town' with 15,000 homes to be built soon after major announcement

Manchester council leader Bev Craig has set out what Labour's 'new towns' announcement means for the city

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2 w. ago Welsh council leader on school transport changes, budget latest and cabinet changes

Andrew Morgan sat down to talk about the challenges facing Rhondda Cynon Taf

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2 w. ago Late Stirling Council leader shortlisted for top national award

The authority's longest serving councillor Margaret Brisley has been posthumously nominated in the Lifetime Legend category in the annual Councillor Awards.

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2 w. ago St George’s flag campaigners are branded ‘nonces’ by Labour council leader

Jeremy Newmark, the Labour leader of Hertsmere borough council, made the outburst during a council meeting last week in which he branded Operation Raise the Colours organisers as nonces

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2 w. ago Labour council leader facing calls to resign after calling St George's flag campaigners 'nonces'

Jeremy Newmark, the leader of Hertsmere Borough Council in Hertfordshire, also described supporters of the Operation Raise the Colours movement as ‘criminals’ and ‘extremists’

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2 w. ago Moment Labour council leader calls St George flag campaigners 'a bunch of criminals and nonces'

Ex-parliamentary candidate Jeremy Newmark spoke out over a movement known as Operation Raise The Colours - to gasps from Hertfordshire councillors.

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2 w. ago Corruption claims made over £450k unpaid work and former South Ayrshire Council boss' plot to oust leader

David O'Neill of SJJ contracts says former Chief Executive Mike Newall gave him work without a contract and then used infamous recording to oust Councillor Martin Dowey.

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