Politics

Education

Sir Sadiq Khan in support of student accommodation opposite Paddington station

Sir Sadiq Khan has intervened after Westminster City Council refused to approve plans for a 20-storey student accommodation block on the canal opposite Paddington...
Campaigns

Rally in Newcastle after warns of benefit cuts by Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves has been warned that swingeing benefit cuts pose a severe threat to the lives and livelihoods of disabled people in the North...
Finance

Yorkshire Councils receive cash to help tackle “pothole plague”

Councils in Yorkshire and the Humber must prove that they are tackling the pothole “plague” or lose cash. This comes as £1.6bn in government cash...
London

Sir Sadiq Khan expresses ‘support’ for overnight ‘tourist tax’

Sir Sadiq Khan has voiced his support for a London ‘tourist tax’ in a move which could eventually see overnight visitors charged extra for...
Policy

Teesside MPs ‘set out their views’ on social security changes

Teesside MPs have reacted to social security changes announced by the Government this week. On Tuesday, 18 March, the Work and Pensions Secretary, Liz Kendall,...
Finance

Council tax ‘rising by around 5%’ across the North East

Council tax bills across the North East are rising by around 5% this year, as MPs complain that the “regressive” charges are in need...
Business & Finance

Slough Borough Council wrote-off ‘eyewatering’ unpaid business rates

An ‘eyewatering’ £382,000 in unpaid business rates has been written off by Slough Borough Council with the agreement of council leaders, with one branding...
Harrow

Harrow Council to ‘pursue bigger’ parking fines

A North London council has said it will continue to pursue bigger parking fines for drivers in addition to the £30 London-wide increase announced...
Finance

Slough Borough Council set for two-year ‘improvement and recovery plan’

‘Nothing short of a root and branch transformation’ of Slough Borough Council will help it to get better over the next two years, its...
Business & Finance

Ealing council to close children’s centres and ‘increase council tax’

Ealing Council has announced plans to close children’s centres, increase council tax, hike the social care levy, and raise the premium on empty and...
1...131415...56Page 14 of 56

Latest news

- Advertisement -spot_img