SENSITIVE AND personal information about residents was probably “copied and taken” during a cyber attack affecting three London Councils last November. A helpline and email address have been set up to answer questions from worried residents. Westminster Council is the ...

ALL COUNCILS are equal – but, under Starmer’s Labour Government, some are more equal than others. The cash-strapped Government that had to axe the Winter Fuel Allowance for pensioners has found funds for a selective cash bailout to some failing ...

COUNCILS IN England and Wales have made public their concerns over government delays in the process of housing and taking care of Ukrainian refugees who have fled the war in their country. The concerns were raised by the Local Government ...

EAST LONDON COUNCILS are busy with their annual task of planning when rubbish will be collected from residential areas over the holiday period – and they are already announcing arrangements to dispose of Christmas trees when the festivities are over. ...

LONDON COUNCILS are ready to grit London’s roads if (when?) icy weather hits the capital. They are keeping tuned to the weather forecast, while all their vehicles are ready to hit – sorry, “grit” – the streets and pavements. All ...

LONDON COUNCILS appear to have escaped the worst effects of the Carillion collapse, according to research by the BBC. The BBC has revealed a list of London Councils which have told them that they have no work being carried out ...

All twenty-two Councils in Wales promised to accept refugees from war-torn Syria – but new Home Office figures show that only five (less than a quarter) have done so. The news has disappointed charities working with refugees. Carys Mair Thomas, ...

THE TORIES have revealed their answer to the UK’s housing crisis: move non-British nationals out of social housing. It is the latest in a series of announcements from Kemi Badenoch’s Tory Party that are racist and, frankly, cuckoo. The policy ...

A business-as-usual consultation on community grants has started in Tower Hamlets. Sadly, despite the cheerfulness of the Council’s press release, the consultation exercise misses the point. What are community grants? Councils would say that they are funds they spend on ...

LONDON’S LABOUR Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has been given a seat in the House of Lords by Keir Starmer – but he is not receiving awards for good behaviour from London boroughs. A few weeks ago Khan came out with another ...