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The Brummies ditching Labour after it drove their council to bankruptcy
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 40 minutes agoBritain is preparing for a big Labour majority. But while much of the electorate eagerly anticipates...
Why your local council may be going bust
The Week via Yahoo News· 5 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· 9 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...
A voter’s guide to the Alabama House District 52 race
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoVoters in parts of Birmingham will choose a Democratic nominee for the Alabama House in a special...
WFH council workers caught with second jobs
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCouncil employees with second jobs are being investigated by a government fraud squad after staff were caught “moonlighting” while working from home.