Budget reaction: Leeds City Council pledge to protect poorest
Budget reaction: Leeds City Council pledge to protect poorest
Leeds City Council has pledged to protect front-line services for the city’s poorest families as it braces itself for a 25 per cent cut to its budget.
3.5m Cumbria County Council blunder
CUMBRIA County Council could be landed with a bill for 3.5m after admitting it acted illegally in closing a road.
Council no comment over V&A
Dundee City Council today refused to say whether major projects, including the much-hyped V&A museum and a replacement for the ageing Olympia Leisure Centre, will be safe from cuts.
Neighbours’ parking survey points finger at Oxford County Council staff
NEIGHBOURS who have fought a two-year battle to combat parking congestion in their narrow streets claim the problem is being caused by the same council charged with sorting it out.
Struggling council urged to buy hotel to help homeless
CASH-strapped Aberdeen City Council was yesterday accused of “losing the plot” over suggestions that the authority should splash out 1.7 million to buy a hotel to hel
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