Labour alienated its core and failed to attract Reform voters - says #JohnMcDonnellMP
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Senior Tories are already plotting ways to oust Kemi after the party’s disastrous local election results
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/10329/ Wave of rat babies to hit Birmingham as fly-tipping intensifies #Birmingham #Councils #Environment #Science #Strikes #UK #UnitedKingdom
"Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ speech, delivered on Wednesday 26th March, laid out a series of welfare cuts and a hefty boost to defence spending, but little in the way of support for local authorities."
"London boroughs receive around 28% less funding per person compared to 2010."
Southwark News · London councils on the ‘brink of bankruptcy’ disappointed funding reform was not in Rachel Reeves’ Spring statement
British councils are in crisis. What does #Brexit have to do with it?
An explainer 
https://www.bestforbritain.org/failure_to_replace_eu_programmes_worsening_council_crisis
#BrexitBritain #BrexitBrokeBritain #BrexitLies #UK #Politics #UKPolitics
#UKPol #EU #RejoinEU #NorthHerts #Hitchin #Letchworth #Baldock #Royston #Councils #Council #BritishCouncils #LocalCouncil #Hertfordshire
An interesting article from House of Commons Library on the proposed restructuring of councils in England. #councils #uk #politics https://mastodon.me.uk/@commonslibrary/113674856175368530
mastodon.me.ukSecond Reading (@commonslibrary@mastodon.me.uk)Is my council going to be abolished? https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/is-my-council-going-to-be-abolished/
"A new £600m recovery grant will be targeted at England’s most deprived towns and cities, alongside longer-term “fair funding” plans intended to rebalance council funding away from the more affluent south-east."
"The financial problems dogging #councils have driven an unprecedented number of them into or close to insolvency in recent years as they struggle with soaring costs for #SocialCare, special educational needs and #homelessness."
The Guardian · Council funding to be redirected from England’s rich areas to most deprived
"Thanks to the long years when Conservative politicians mercilessly cut the money that went from Whitehall to councils, the fear of municipal bankruptcy now stalks scores of places."
#UKpolitics #Councils #Funding
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/17/britain-austerity-labour-uk-economy-councils
The Guardian · The streetlights going out over Britain tell a brutal story: austerity isn’t over – it’s getting worse
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#National #Teamsters #Leadership Won’t #Endorse a #Candidate, So #Local #Unions are backing #VicePresident #KamalaHarris.
Several joint #councils in #battlegroundstates have #pledged their #support for Harris.
Rolling Stone · Teamsters Won’t Endorse a Candidate, So Local Unions Back Harris
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@JugglingWithEggs #CarPark income is poison to #hospitals and #councils, giving incentive to fail at their non-financial primary aims. Also amazing none of #BBCNews, #EDP, #LynnNews and so on seem willing to question the #QEHKL absurdity. Building the car park tower and then building a new hospital on the RAAC hospital's car park means the new hospital will be hard up against the busy A149 coast road. Should build the new hospital extending in from the A1076 side, instead of the car park tower
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One option would be to allow #councils to collect revenue from #speedcameras in such circumstances. #wandsworthcouncil tried this on a pilot basis but received a direction from the #conservativegovernment forbidding this.
What happens when #councils take control of #buses?
Outside of London, #BusServices have dropped by 50% since 2008, according to research by Friends of the Earth, external, with people on lower incomes and those without a car disproportionately affected.
One area bucking the national trend is Reading. Reading is one of only five areas in England where the local #bus company is owned by the council.
#PublicOwnership #Privitisation #Transport #PublicTransport #Environment
BBC NewsWhat happens when councils take control of buses?More people are using buses in Reading where they are publicly-owned - will others towns follow?
https://www.europesays.com/1194867/ West Midlands mayoral election on ‘knife edge’ as recount under way #Blackpool #C4News #Channel4 #Channel4News #Channel4 #conservatives #constituency #councillors #councils #elections #England #KeirStarmer #Labour #LocalElectionResults #LocalElections #News #Politics #PrimeMinister #reform #ReformUk #RichardTice #RishiSunak #starmer #sunak #TeesValley #UK #UkNews #UnitedKingdom #westminster
"Local residents will no longer be able to address the weekly meetings of a Sydney council after the passing of a motion designed to protect the mental health of council staff."
“Would it not be easier for the government to dissolve the people, and elect another?”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_L%C3%B6sung
Cahiers de doléances
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahiers_de_dol%C3%A9ances
#councils #PublicForum #democracy #debate #CouncilMeeting #decisions #MentalHeath #ActiveCitizenship #Sydney #Cahiers
The Guardian · Sydney council removes public forum from meetings over staff mental health concerns
Has everyone else had notification of their Council tax increase this year?
I haven't and it's about two weeks until we start paying them the new amount.
Surely, they should have told us by now, legally?
#UK government seeks to limit low-#traffic schemes as part of its ‘plan for #drivers’
Exclusive: #DepartmentForTransport has already cut #funding but now seeks to block #councils’ ability to fine drivers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/15/uk-government-seeks-to-limit-low-traffic-schemes-as-part-of-its-plan-for-drivers
#LTN #AirPollution #ToryPoliciesInAction #Pollution #DirtyParty #IdeologyBeforeHealth #PublicHealth
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/08/health-gains-of-low-traffic-schemes-up-to-100-times-greater-than-costs-study-finds
The Guardian · UK government seeks to limit low-traffic schemes as part of its ‘plan for drivers’
How the Tories drove Britain’s local services into bankruptcy.
Councils provide social care, schools and housing. And half of them are about to run out of money
Read the full piece here:
