Call to scrap council tax freeze
Call to scrap council tax freeze
The leader of Scotland’s largest local authority calls for Scottish government ministers to scrap the freeze on council tax.
Council forks out 90k on legal fees
It employs 34 of its own solicitors and has sufficient resources to sell legal services to other organisations, but Staffordshire County Council has still spent more than 900,000 on hiring legal firms in three years.
Call to scrap council tax freeze
The leader of Scotland’s largest local authority calls for Scottish government ministers to scrap the freeze on council tax.
Parish council wants villagers’ views on gas plant proposal
PARISHIONERS are being asked to complete a survey to give their views on a proposed gas processing plant.
The council that adopted a Singapore-style stance on litter
A man carrying a chip wrapper bustles along the pavement, his search for a bin becoming more frantic with every step. Across the street, a woman smoking a cigarette at a bus stop looks nervously over her shoulder as she surreptitiously flicks ash into the breeze. An older man, spotting The Independent ’s photographer in town, gets suspicious and demands to know if she is working for the council.
Row over faded cycle lines
OXFORDS Lord Mayor is urging the county council to repaint faded city cycle lanes because of safety fears.
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