Local government

Fuel-poor homes face taking £250 energy hit due to poor insulation
Better insulation would save large sums for millions struggling with the cost of living, finds LGA report
Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent
30, Jun, 2022 @11:01 PM

Calls for more funding for English classes for Ukrainian refugees
Language schools and community groups have reported waiting lists of thousands
Miranda Bryant
30, Jun, 2022 @5:55 PM

Houses for ‘ghosts’: ONS overestimated growth in many areas, census suggests
Population growth overestimated in some areas and underestimated in others, data from 2021 census suggests
Robert Booth and Caelainn Barr
29, Jun, 2022 @4:10 PM

No 10 staff will be able to give evidence confidentially to inquiry into whether PM lied over Partygate – as it happened
Commons privileges committee will start taking oral evidence in autumn into whether Boris Johnson misled MPs
Andrew Sparrow
29, Jun, 2022 @4:02 PM

Councils pledge not to ignore families’ warnings about vulnerable children
Alarms raised by relatives of Star Hobson and Arthur Labinjo-Hughes were disregarded before their deaths
Richard Adams, Education editor
28, Jun, 2022 @5:44 PM

Nicola Sturgeon tells Scottish parliament she wants to hold second independence referendum next October – as it happened
Scottish first minister tells MSPs she won’t allow ‘Scottish democracy to be a prisoner of Boris Johnson’
Andrew Sparrow
28, Jun, 2022 @5:03 PM

Frieda Warman-Brown obituary
Other lives: Teacher and Labour party supporter who served on Hove council in the 1990s
Wendy Hutton
28, Jun, 2022 @4:50 PM

Serious incidents more common in for-profit children’s homes in England
Privately run homes have more police callouts and staff complaints than council ones, data shows
Tom Wall
28, Jun, 2022 @5:00 AM

Inflation could push English councils into bankruptcy, say leaders
Rise of £2.4bn in costs could be ‘disastrous’ and essential services may need to be cut, says LGA chair
Patrick Butler Social policy editor
27, Jun, 2022 @11:01 PM

Julie Bindel to sue Nottingham council after talk cancelled
Council says it called of Bindel’s talk at library because of her views on transgender rights
Mark Brown
27, Jun, 2022 @4:17 PM

Could tactical voting save Britain from the Tories? | Letters
Letters: John Lynch and Declan O’Neill respond to an article on how tactical voting, as seen in the recent byelections, could reshape British politics. Plus a letter from David Smith
Letters
26, Jun, 2022 @4:42 PM

The Tories are teetering, but only a progressive alliance can deal the final blow | John Harris
Last week’s byelections showed that a ‘change moment’, a chance to rid the UK of this rotten government, is within sight, says Guardian columnist John Harris
John Harris
26, Jun, 2022 @12:28 PM
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