Local government
John Stewart obituary
Other lives: Authority on British local government
Selina Stewart
03, Feb, 2023 @8:06 PM
Eric Beak obituary
Other lives: Cheshire county council’s first health and safety officer who later became a full-time voluntary youth leader
John Pierson
03, Feb, 2023 @7:57 PM
Councils say they lack funds to enforce stricter limits on wood burners
Local authorities say policing government’s new standards on smoke pollution is beyond their means
Fiona Harvey and Helena Horton
03, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM
‘Bristol is ready to give us power’: Greens hopeful of win in pivotal byelection
Council election could have national implications if Greens snatch ward from Lib Dems
Steven Morris
02, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM
Labour to use May vote to sharpen campaign ahead of general election
Exclusive: local elections will be chance to test regional organisers, digital operation and a slogan: ‘Build a Better Britain’
Pippa Crerar Political editor
01, Feb, 2023 @7:00 AM
Tory mayor Andy Street says levelling up policy should trust local people more
West Midlands mayor believes it shouldn’t only be up to civil servants in London to make all the project funding decisions
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent
30, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM
Paul Hannon obituary
Other lives: Long-serving politician who served on various local councils for the LibDems and Labour
Leighton Andrews
29, Jan, 2023 @5:37 PM
Keith Vaz denies claims he plans to stand again as MP for Leicester East
‘That ship has sailed,’ says disgraced former minister in wake of conviction of sitting MP Claudia Webbe
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
28, Jan, 2023 @7:00 AM
Bright lights, big cities: cash and HS2 are not the only keys to renewing the north, Andy Burnham | Simon Jenkins
Civic magnetism also depends on creativity, glamour and tourist appeal, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Simon Jenkins
27, Jan, 2023 @1:10 PM
Rishi Sunak has never paid a penalty to HMRC, No 10 says, amid growing pressure over Nadhim Zahawi – as it happened
Downing Street releases statement after days of refusing to say whether or not PM ever paid a penalty to revenue body
Andrew Sparrow
25, Jan, 2023 @6:57 PM
Councils spent £12.5m on bids for Liz Truss’s investment zones, data shows
Exclusive: Labour compiled analysis of waste suffered by cash-strapped local authorities on the scheme, binned by the government weeks later
Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent
25, Jan, 2023 @9:00 AM
Row growing after third historic rail bridge filled in with concrete
National Highways faces third intervention by a local authority over infilling, after burying Congham bridge in Norfolk in tonnes of concrete
Matthew Weaver
25, Jan, 2023 @7:00 AM
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