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Why your local council may be going bust
The Week via Yahoo News· 4 months agoBirmingham city council. Can a council actually go bankrupt? A council can't go bankrupt in the same way that a business can, and be forced to close up...
Surge in council house tenants’ unpaid rent costs taxpayers £500m
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoSocial housing rent arrears have almost doubled in a decade as council finances and services are...
‘Wild west’ supported housing needs oversight, ministers warned
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoA “wild west” of the housing sector needs reform to stop landlords exploiting vulnerable people,...
Exempt housing system ‘a complete mess’ which fails vulnerable residents – MPs
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoThe exempt housing system in England is a “complete mess” that lets down vulnerable residents and...
Council tax funnelled into gold-plated pensions as services crumble
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCouncil tax money is being used to help fund gold-plated pensions at local authorities that have...
Spartanburg to spend $425 million on baseball park stadium, apartments, hotel, parking
Spartanburg Herald-Journal via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSpartanburg is making a large investment by spending $425 million on the much-anticipated minor...
Rome is home to New York's first carbon-neutral public housing development
Utica Observer-Dispatch via Yahoo News· 3 months agoBeacon Communities and the Rome Housing Authority gathered to celebrate the completion of Colonial...
WFH council workers caught with second jobs
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCouncil employees with second jobs are being investigated by a government fraud squad after staff were caught “moonlighting” while working from home.
What does scaling back of HS2 mean for travellers?
The Independent UK via AOL· 8 months agoThe High Speed 2 rail project intended to connect the North of England with the Midlands and London has been scrapped north of Birmingham. Rishi Sunak...
Popular Kent seaside resorts could introduce tourist taxes
Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoTourists facing English beach destinations including Margate could face European-style tourist...
