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Reform councillors push through £150,000-a-year spending plan despite vowing to cut costs
Reform has come under fire over plans to spend thousands on political advisors
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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
Labour pledges to freeze council tax bills and here’s how it will be funded
Council tax for millions of households in England will rise on 1 April, with many councils due to raise rates by 5%
Tory run councils warn Rishi Sunak of possible bankruptcy
Both councils face budget deficits over the next few years “of a scale that has never been seen before”.
Fresh calls for Starmer to form ‘progressive alliance’ as Tories sweep up Brexiteer vote
'Labour can't win it alone', according to pressure group Compass.
Marcus Rashford highlights Labour councils feeding kids over holidays
Without government support, these councils are stepping up.