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Town hall bosses enjoy record salaries amid huge rise in council tax

The Daily Telegraph 31 Mar 2025
The council is run by independents ... The highest number of council staff on £100,000 or more was at Labour-run Westminster council, which covers central London, where 73 earn more than this – just ahead of Greenwich where there are 62.
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English councils warn of insolvency amid soaring SEND deficits: The Guardian

Xinhua 31 Mar 2025
LONDON, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 20 councils in England have warned they are at risk of insolvency due to overspending on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) support, according to a recent report by The Guardian.
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I run a food truck. Here’s how I bought my first home at 39

The Times/The Sunday Times 31 Mar 2025
In 2012 I was living with my parents in Welling, a town bordering London and Bexley [says Olutosin Aduloju] ... I applied for a council flat and in 2013 I got one ... flat in Plumstead, southeast London.
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ANDREW PIERCE: Will Angela Rayner stay mum about her Ritzy partying? | Daily Mail Online

The Daily Mail 31 Mar 2025
She certainly never misses a chance to highlight her rise from a humble upbringing on a Greater Manchester council estate or having a child at 16 ... at London's Ritz Hotel ... The Ritz Hotel in London).
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Woman arrested after baby boy found dead in M&S shopping bag

AOL 31 Mar 2025
... on suspicion of concealing a birth, neglect and infanticide after a newborn baby was found dead outside a church in west London.
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Sudan: 20th Anniversary of Darfur ICC Referral

Human Rights Watch 31 Mar 2025
... efforts on accountability at key upcoming meetings, including the European Union’s April 14, 2025, meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council and the April 15 London high-level conference on Sudan.
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Tariffs spark fear — and Trump support — among Canadian autoworkers

Canoe 31 Mar 2025
... a very real household crisis of putting food on the table and gas in their cars,” Shinade Allder, a London area NDP candidate and chair of Unifor’s Ontario Regional Council, said Thursday in Windsor.
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Who will step in to save the Palestinians?

Arab News 31 Mar 2025
ethnic cleansing, genocide and apartheid ... Protesters throughout the world have for years been screaming “Free Palestine.” Soon, it will have to be “Save Palestine.” Chris Doyle is director of the Council for Arab-British Understanding in London. X ... .
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Is this the end of the ride for Blackpool Pleasure Beach? How iconic British theme ...

The Daily Mail 31 Mar 2025
It is part of a £350million redevelopment of the Talbot Gateway around Blackpool North train station - which is served by London Euston - and the council has said will bring more than 8,000 professional workers and students into the town centre.
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Drivers may NEVER return to Hammersmith Bridge because of eco-friendly cost-effective reopening plan | Daily ...

The Daily Mail 30 Mar 2025
The Labour-run Hammersmith and Fulham Council, Transport for London (TfL) which has strategic responsibility for city-wide transport, and the Department for Transport (DfT) have all been trying to avoid footing the bill.
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Leaving a sour taste: How dumped stolen Lime bikes are causing chaos for commuters with ...

The Daily Mail 30 Mar 2025
Two Lime bikes completely block the pavement in a shot posted by Westminster City Council ... The Department for Transport and Transport for London referred MailOnline to local councils when asked what was being done to keep pavements clear of e-bikes.
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Cometh the hour, cometh the resentment

The Observer 30 Mar 2025
Edgware, London ... March), but for most of us, the first swallow of summer is still the involuntary gulp that occurs when we get our annual council tax and energy statements. Kingston upon Thames, London.
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Could Idris Elba be the next Mayor of London? Labour bosses eye up Luther star ...

The Daily Mail 30 Mar 2025
'Perhaps he'd do well to listen to his Parliamentary colleagues and consider whether accepting these tickets whilst telling Londoners to expect council tax rises, police cuts, and crumbling infrastructure smacks a little of 'Let them eat cake'.
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Heirs of the Displaced, by Morgan Jones

The Unz Review 30 Mar 2025
In the Borough Councils within London, where their influence was strong, the native shopkeepers did all they could to press for stringent Sunday trading ordinances, which would have harmed Jewish ...
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Wigmore Hall’s principled stand over public funding is music to my ears

The Observer 30 Mar 2025
The news that Wigmore Hall in London is to turn its back on an annual subsidy of £345,000 from Arts Council England (ACE), after a successful campaign to raise £10m from individuals and the private ...
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