Local government
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Letters: Mark Shannon, Michael Bassey and Paul Clarke on changes to the Ofsted inspection system
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Observers say a strong Tory candidate could get closer to incumbent under new system – but names in frame lack heft
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Other lives: Teacher, community volunteer and local politician in Leicestershire and Derbyshire
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Single-use E-cigarettes difficult to recycle and cause fires in bin lorries, Local Government Association says
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Lambeth council in London is latest to introduce emissions-based fees, with similar charges expected to be widely introduced
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Lives are being put at risk over a lack of spaces to house domestic abuse survivors
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Michael Gove quoted as saying council-level sanctions undermine UK foreign policy and lead to antisemitic abuse
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Other lives: Community champion at Liverpool city council for more than 30 years whose work improved the lives of marginalised people
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Letter: It’s not about transportation miles, but about bringing transparency to how our food is produced, says Noah Cohen-Cline
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Readers explain how they are being forced to give up essential social care or forgo meals and sanitary products
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Official report criticises Tory-run authority’s dysfunctional leadership and says it tried to silence critics
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Northern Irish developer Moyallen owns 52% of Victoria Square development at centre of local authority’s financial meltdown
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Anglesey deputy leader apologises for comment condemned as ‘appalling’ by area’s Conservative MP
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Nicole Bent and her daughter are among dozens of homeless families being put up by council in hotel rooms
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Scully had been seen as a frontrunner for next year’s electoral race against Labour incumbent Sadiq Khan
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Money will go to councils across Britain to help Ukrainians secure private rented housing and find work
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An astonishing picture emerges of the town’s demise from ‘premier business location’ to bankruptcy
Safety checks run down and boom time for criminals: this is why the UK is becoming the ‘dustbin of Europe’