Council News

Grenfell survivors and bereaved relatives have criticized the appointment of Laura Johnson, who oversaw cost-cutting at Grenfell Tower, to a senior housing role

London councils have seized over 3,000 ebikes this year due to hazardous parking, a 23% increase from 2025, as operators blame a lack of parking and councils ca

Campaigners against a data centre development off Brick Lane suggest the council could halt the project by using compulsory purchase powers to seize the land.

A coroner has ordered a council to disclose thousands of documents for the inquest into Sara Sharif, who was found dead in August 2023 at her Woking home after

A council has expressed disappointment after the historic Bassendean fire station was put on the market, as reported in live news coverage from Perth and Wester

The owner of Mentmore Towers, featured in "Batman Begins," has criticized the council after receiving a listed-building repairs notice requiring bat surveys and

Mentmore Towers, known as the 'Batman mansion' and listed in 'very bad' condition by Historic England, has responded to a bat survey row with the council, stati

BRS MLCs have been suspended from the Council for the current sessions, following an Assembly resolution that holds KCR responsible for their derogatory remarks

Controversial plans to redevelop a historic church in Cardiff have been rejected by the council for the third time.

The government has rejected a council's last-minute request to delay Sadiq Khan's pedestrianisation plan for Oxford Street. The council had urged ministers to m

The Supreme Court has ruled that a council can seek appraisals from teachers' institutes.

Plans are underway to clean up a Newport arcade following reports to the council of property damage, graffiti, drug use, and the arcade being used as a toilet.

An audit warned of potential cost blow-outs for a 2000-square-metre lagoon precinct before plans were revealed, but the council involved has not confirmed if it

A man was filmed brazenly dumping a mattress on a Newport street at night, and the council has asked for public assistance to identify him.

A council has dug trenches around a park to prevent travellers from setting up illegal camps, days after a group broke onto a nearby recreation ground for the s

Anne Donaghy, the former chief executive of Mid and East Antrim Council, has been convicted of deleting an email subject to the FOI Act. She was fined £1,500 fo

A UK city council in Bath is introducing a new tax for SUV drivers, making it the first in England to implement such payments, in addition to existing emissions

A restaurant owner in Chepstow faces issues with his £5,000 sign after local council planning rules deemed it inappropriate, despite the business opening last S

A column discusses issues within the Queensland public sector, focusing on a bayside council, a missing recording, and closed-door vote notes, while also mentio

Residents in Perth's northern suburbs are demanding answers as a council faces a 30-day deadline to devise a plan for toxic liquid accumulating at Tamala Park.

A council in Gosport, Hampshire, attempted to prevent travellers from setting up camp near a school by creating a 'ring of steel' and using a tractor to kick up

An 85-year-old Rochford man, David Siggins, is facing legal action after being ordered to remove a £2,200 driveway he built on a grass verge. Siggins claims he

The mother of Aalim Ahmed, a five-year-old autistic boy who died after falling from a 15th-floor flat in Plaistow, told an inquest that her son would still be a

A new family support centre is planned for a primary school in Cardiff, which will consist of three joined-up portakabins, according to the council.