‘Unprecedented’ move helps to smooth over creation of two new ‘mega council’ unitary authorities Ministers have agreed to give bankrupt Woking council an “unprecedented” £500m taxpayer...
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Read MoreThe musician, along with band members Paul Weller and Bruce Foxton, had many hits in the 1970s and 1980s, including four UK No 1sRick Buckler, the drummer of the rock group The Jam, has died aged 69 after a short illness.In a...
Read MoreExclusive: Local authority in Surrey declared itself effectively bankrupt in 2023 after series of risky investmentsTwo former senior figures at bankrupt Woking council are to be investigated by the UK’s accounting watchdog...
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Read MoreConservatives and Lib Dems criticise delays, which are in areas under reorganisation to introduce elected mayorsUK politics live – latest updatesLocal elections in nine councils across England are to be postponed for a...
Read MoreTaxpayers asked to shoulder burden as beleaguered council expected to merge with neighbouring authoritiesTaxpayers are being asked to shoulder £1bn in debt amassed by a bankrupt Surrey council that will be merged in the...
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Read More‘Draconian’ expulsions including of two local councillors follow original candidate’s withdrawal at behest of local partyThe Green party has been accused of acting in a draconian and authoritarian way after a...
Read MoreEd Davey’s party is seeking to win over disillusioned Conservative voters in the Surrey Heath seat of outgoing minister Michael Gove Shortly after Rishi Sunak got drenched in a downpour in Downing Street to call a surprise...
Read MoreChancellor’s constituency office in Hindhead was defaced on eve of his spring budget statementJeremy Hunt’s constituency office in Surrey has been vandalised with graffiti saying “die Tory scum” on the...
Read MoreThe chancellor will stand down before the election as likelihood of defeat in new Surrey seat looms, senior Tories say Jeremy Hunt is expected to stand down as an MP before the next election, according to senior Conservatives,...
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