A small seaside town has won a battle against its local council’s plans to use luxury retirement homes to house asylum seekers. Kent County Council (KCC) had plans to use a care home in Minster on Sea on the Isle of Sheppey
Public bodies have been warned that if they do not “decolonise” their public-facing artwork and statues they could be removed, according to new Welsh Government guidance. The devolved Labour government’s new guidelines pertain to paintings, plaques and much more, and they instruct
Armored vehicles roll slowly past Haiti’s National Palace as police scan the horizon for gangs. Every day, bullets whiz past the area, striking buildings and people alike. Gangs control most of the territory that surrounds the palace, but a transitional council charged
A Labour council has been blasted for suggesting it will take £25,000 to fill each pothole in their area. Vince Maple, the local Labour leader of Medway Council, wrote to roads minister Guy Opperman a fortnight ago saying that his council needs
The group of anonymous residents – dubbed the ‘Berkshire Banksys’ – are taking action over polluted water in Hampstead Norreys. One sign warns drivers to keep their speed low to avoid splashes in the ‘Poo-nami’ area – while another has changed Water
Labour is reportedly refusing to publish documents that would show where Angela Rayner claimed to be living when she applied to be a parliamentary candidate. Sir Keir Starmer’s party will not reveal the address she gave on internal paperwork or if it
A furious woman said she was fined hundreds of pounds just months after reporting fly-tipping behind her home. Julie Hancock was hit with a £400 fine last December after alerting authorities to rubbish dumped in an alley near her home in Stoke
Angela Rayner’s odds on becoming the next Labour leader have drifted amid her council house row. The Labour deputy leader is being investigated by police over whether she broke electoral law after allegations that she may have given false information about her
Labour is facing a vicious civil war that could kill off Sir Keir Starmer’s hopes of a landslide election victory. Left-wingers are poised to launch a bid for the deputy leadership if Angela Rayner is forced to quit over her property dealings.
A London council is set to sell off six car parks to its own holdings company, Mercury Holdings Ltd, in an attempt to fill a £32.5million budget deficit. Havering Council, which borders Essex, plans to use the sites for new housing developments