Labour council chief is suspended after secret recording of him calling female Plaid Cymru politician a ‘cow’ appeared online Rob Jones made comments during meeting he didn’t know was being recorded Council leader has been suspended from while an investigation is carried out Mr Jones says clip was made without knowledge and consent and was … Read more
Council tax is on track to raise an extra £7.5billion a year after Rishi Sunak gave town halls permission to put bills up by 5 per cent. The government’s watchdog has estimated that the levy bring in another £1.8billion next month, suggesting two thirds of authorities will take advantage of the new freedom. And by … Read more
Council tax is on track to raise an extra £7.5billion a year after Rishi Sunak gave town halls permission to put bills up by 5 per cent. The government’s watchdog has estimated that the levy bring in another £1.8billion next month, suggesting two thirds of authorities will take advantage of the new freedom. And by … Read more
One is a £77.5 million eight-bedroom luxury mansion in one of London’s most exclusive postcodes. The other is a modest family home in County Durham on the market for £150,000. Yet the owners of the three-bedroom semi-detached home in the village of Lanchester have to pay £1,794 in council tax every year. Whereas the millionaires … Read more
One is a £77.5 million eight-bedroom luxury mansion in one of London’s most exclusive postcodes. The other is a modest family home in County Durham on the market for £150,000. Yet the owners of the three-bedroom semi-detached home in the village of Lanchester have to pay £1,794 in council tax every year. Whereas the millionaires … Read more
A family who fought to build a house on a piece of land they bought in 2009 finally got to have their dream home – but the council is now building an estate nearby. Dinah, 44, and Stig Mason, 43, moved from North London to the village of Willand, in Devon in 2009 when their … Read more
An outraged woman filmed the moment three council workers knocked at her door during lockdown to threaten to confiscate her doormat if she failed to remove it. Rosa Edwards, from Romford, Essex, can be heard shouting at the Havering Council representatives as they walked away from her flat, branding them ‘absolutely disgusting’ in a viral … Read more
Pub and restaurant bosses are facing a red-tape nightmare from town hall bureaucrats ahead of the big reopening of the hospitality industry in April, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Venues will be allowed to offer a takeaway menu and serve people outdoors from April 12, but customers will not be allowed inside until mid-May … Read more
A parish council that went viral after a Zoom meeting descended into chaos could soon be abolished, it emerged today. A clip of a Handforth Parish Council meeting in which numerous insults were thrown around and members were kicked out went viral earlier this month. Jackie Weaver, the acting clerk, shot to fame after chairman … Read more
Hero soldiers who have fallen serving their country will no longer have streets named after them after a council said ‘times and attitudes change’ and officials were deluged with requests. Denbighshire County Council ruled it would now no longer allow the honour after a meeting, which appeared to reference the Black Lives Matter movement last … Read more