Woman’s Hour: Fury after interview with female Muslim Council leader

A Woman’s Hour interview with the Muslim Council of Britain’s first female leader has sparked a fierce backlash at the BBC. Labour MPs Diane Abbott and Naz Shah are among more than 100 public figures who have signed an open letter to the broadcaster criticising the ‘strikingly hostile’ Radio 4 discussion with the council’s Secretary … Read more

‘Jackie Weaver wouldn’t put up with this!’ New Zoom call chaos at Handforth Parish Council

A council parish meeting which became infamous after it turned into a chaotic trail of disorder, power grabs and insults on Zoom again descended into farce tonight. Councillors of Handforth Parish Council clashed in a tetchy meeting and members of the public were removed as they heckled them as the council met for the first time since the … Read more

Council chiefs plan to coax visitors back to West End this summer with 82ft-high HILL

With lockdown sucking the life from the nation’s high streets, nobody could accuse bosses warning of lasting economic scarring of making mountains out of molehills.  Yet this is the brainwave of one London council – which has revealed plans to plant an enormous hill by Oxford Street to coax tourists back to the West End … Read more

Millions will be battered by £2,000 council tax as 25% of areas look at ‘sky-high’ levy

Millions will be battered by £2,000 council tax as 25% of areas look at ‘sky-high’ levy to meet the soaring cost of social care A quarter of districts expected to raise council to £2,000 for Band D houses  There was not a single area in England above that level three years ago  Critics accused town … Read more

Millions will be battered by £2,000 council tax as 25% of areas look at ‘sky-high’ levy

Millions will be battered by £2,000 council tax as 25% of areas look at ‘sky-high’ levy to meet the soaring cost of social care A quarter of districts expected to raise council to £2,000 for Band D houses  There was not a single area in England above that level three years ago  Critics accused town … Read more

Man threatened with legal action by council after putting up gazebo

Father of three is threatened with ‘enforcement action’ by council and ordered to take down flimsy £27 gazebo he put up so his young children could play outside during lockdown Jonathan Stewart put up a three by two metre £27 gazebo in his front garden  He put up the structure in north London for his … Read more

Man threatened with ‘enforcement action’ by council after putting up gazebo for his children

Father of three is threatened with ‘enforcement action’ by council and ordered to take down flimsy £27 gazebo he put up so his young children could play outside during lockdown Jonathan Stewarts put up a three by two metre £27 gazebo in his front garden  He put up the structure in north London for his … Read more

Mayor in Jackie Weaver Handforth parish council meeting faces no confidence vote

Mayor in chaotic Handforth parish council meeting that was made famous by Jackie Weaver faces no confidence vote for allowing ‘bullying’ Millions of people watched clips of Handforth Parish Council’s Zoom meeting  Members lost their cool, traded insults and ultimately got booted off the call  Cheshire East Council mayor Barry Burkhill is now facing a … Read more

‘Property levy’ to replace stamp duty and council tax shelved over fears it could cause higher bills

‘Property levy’ to replace stamp duty and council tax is shelved over fears it could lead to higher bills MPs were told a ‘proportional’ tax based on home values was under review in Jan Government now says there are ‘no plans’ on new form of annual property tax  It comes as study found it could … Read more

Mother-of-two, 32, demands compensation after ‘bricks fell from ceiling’ of her council house

Mother-of-two, 32, is demanding compensation after being forced to live with her children in council house with ‘bricks falling from ceiling’ Debbie Barker, 32, wants compensation for leaking Staffordshire council house Mother-of-two has lived in three-bed home in Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, three years Ms Barker claims the house is ‘getting unlivable’ due to the cold affecting … Read more