Local government
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Government rebuts verdict that NHS and social care cuts may have caused 30,000 excess deaths in England and Wales 2015
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Council chiefs of Wigan and Doncaster plan rival conference after event was promoted without mentioning one female speaker
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‘Shockingly high’ numbers of STI diagnoses prompt councils to call for compulsory sex education in UK secondary schools
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Warning follows damning report into building standards at 17 Edinburgh schools built using private finance initiatives
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The city voted for Brexit because it felt cut off by a failing economic system, says councillor Matthew Brown. But the region has been revived by thinking locally
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Our green spaces are shrinking, despite all the benefits they give us in terms of physical and mental wellbeing. If we want to save them, we need to value the service they offer
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Gareth Snell expresses regret for posts aimed at ITV’s Loose Women hosts, Janet Street-Porter and Apprentice candidate
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A park manager recently shared their fears for Britain’s underfunded green spaces. Tell us via GuardianWitness what local parks mean to you
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I used to love my job but cuts mean my time is now spent grassing over borders once brimming with flowers and laminating ‘Closed for repair’ signs
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On reflection Let the councils build homes again and fix our broken housing market
Patrick CollinsonSajid Javid admits we need 275,000 new homes a year, but if local authorities borrow to build they are branded as irresponsible socialists
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Letters: Despite the severe financial pressures local authorities are facing, the council is making no reduction in the dedicated FGM community awareness service
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Millions of residents face council tax rises, as thinktank finds just 6% of local authorities expect to not have to increase rates
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Jeremy Corbyn produced text messages at PMQs that he claimed showed ministers were prepared to offer a sweetheart deal to Surrey council to avoid a local referendum on raising taxes to fund social care
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Transferring powers to cities and regions will give Theresa May’s government a welcome opportunity to focus on Brexit
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Former and current party leaders Farage and Nuttall are undaunted by protesters as they tell supporters Labour has been ‘hijacked by Islington intellectuals’
UK business rates battle hots up as firms challenge government