Councils

Max Veritas, 99, fought Oswald Mosley’s fascists in Cable Street nearly eighty years ago. Now he is fighting again – a demand for £25,000 from his local council.

This is Horden, County Durham. Once a thriving mining community. Now emptied of jobs, and increasingly of the people who gave it life and soul.

Labour’s Hilary Benn tells Channel 4 News that cuts in street lighting have made roads more dangerous and people feel unsafe walking home in the dark.

Priority will be given to local people in buying new houses under a Labour government, Ed Miliband says as he highlights young people’s “fading” aspirations to one day buy their own homes.

Priority will be given to local people in buying new houses under a Labour government, Ed Miliband says as he highlights young people’s “fading” aspirations to one day buy their own homes.

The “overzealous” use of spy cars by councils to issue parking fines will be reined in as the government seeks a better deal for the High Street.

Council tax bills for some of Britain’s poorest households are set to more than double following the withdrawal of government grant.

With the Ashes gone and an admission that his stamina might be in the same category, England spinner Graeme Swann decides to call it quits on his international and first-class cricket career.

It is meant to be a last resort. But the number of homeless families in emergency B&B accommodation is at its highest level in 10 years, with some councils flouting the law to extend time limits.

Nigel Farage celebrates with a pint of bitter after significant gains in the local elections. Is Ukip’s success a mid-term protest or a real change in British politics?

The Department for Work and Pensions says there will be “no change” to its controversial housing benefit reform, dubbed the “bedroom tax”.

She was arrested for filming a council meeting – the situation escalated and now she’s in a high court libel trial. But citizen journalist Jacqui Thompson says she will still fight for transparency.

As MPs carry out an inquiry into the private rented sector, councils say “extortionate fees” charged by some letting agents are making it harder for people to find a home.

Millions of people on low incomes will be hit by increases in their council tax bills from April. How many will be affected and who will pay most?

The biggest social housing landlord in the north west says almost a quarter of its tenants subject to the so-called “bedroom tax” are being forced to leave their homes.