Local councils to spend more than £3.8 million on coronation events
With one council set to spend £50,000 having previously vetoed money for food banks
With one council set to spend £50,000 having previously vetoed money for food banks
Council tax for millions of households in England will rise on 1 April, with many councils due to raise rates by 5%
Both councils face budget deficits over the next few years “of a scale that has never been seen before”.
‘Labour can’t win it alone’, according to pressure group Compass.
Without government support, these councils are stepping up.
While tax-dodgers are handed public funds, councils are being left to sink.
2018 saw the highest number of drugs related deaths since records began
Labour Councils have had to administer the harshest spending cuts
From Sheffield to Lambeth, Thursday’s vote will be decided on local issues.
From growing homelessness and social housing waiting lists to dropping house building, the Tories have utterly failed to address the housing crisis.