* local councils

*Blog

"Just as concerning is the growing inability of local newspapers to properly scrutinise decisions being made by councils"

The decline of local papers puts British democracy at risk

*Blog

"Local politicians say the crisis has been brewing for years."

Chaos in Northamptonshire: Tory party infighting and a council on the verge of collapse

*Blog

"Yesterday marked six months since the Grenfell fire that destroyed so many lives"

Week in review: Lessons from Grenfell are yet to be learned

*Blog

"In the wake of the horrific Grenfell fire, it's hard to think of a film more important or more needed right now"

Dispossession: A vital new film on the social housing crisis

News

Attempts by the local party to force the MP to resign over the matter were quashed by Tory HQ last December

Tory MP faces battle with own local party over decision to stand in June election

*Blog

"Labour's representation on the council has now been reduced to one out of 81"

Lone Ranger: Surrey’s solitary Labour councillor takes on 81 opponents

*Blog

"Councils in England are set to run up crippling deficits of hundreds of millions of pounds"

Revealed: Social care and austerity driving councils to the brink

Featured

BASC given permission to bring judicial review of Defra decision

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been granted permission by the High Court to bring a judicial review of Defra’s decision to withdraw the general licence (GL43) that allowed the release of gamebirds in certain areas of England. BASC’s ‘Fighting Fund’ is being used to support the High Court challenge. BASC chief executive Ian… Read more »

Featured

Concern over doctors’ health needs as legislation to regulate PAs and AAs introduced

Long overdue legislation setting out the regulatory framework for physician assistants (PAs) and anaesthesia assistants (AAs) has been published today. Commenting on the legislation, Dr Michael Devlin, head of professional standards and liaison at the MDU said: “This important piece of legislation not only introduces much needed regulation for PAs and AAs, it will also be… Read more »