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Labour to promise full Public Ownership of the railways in the next parliament, as keir starmer gambles on renationalisation. Newsnight has the first details of the oppositions plan for our creaking railways, to be revealed tomorrow, taking every major Train Operating Company into public hands, should labour win the election. Werejoined by a rail expert with links to the party. Also tonight. Catch and kill. With the trump trial over hush money restarting tomorrow in manhattan, in a british tv ex...

Moray Council has been praised by the Scottish Government for reducing the amount of time taken on planning application decisions.

Hampshire County Council plans ‘minimum’ services, according to the article on p. 48 (12th October) yet its leader says its finances are ‘in a…

Westhoughton councillors are calling for an inquiry into the health facilities in the area, which they state are ‘inadequate’.

Industry critics say community amenity contributions, negotiated with developers to pay for things like daycares and parks, are adding to the already high cost of housing.

Industry critics say community amenity contributions, negotiated with developers to pay for things like daycares and parks, are adding to the already high cost of housing.

The new estate is part of council's grand plan to build on the region's housing options.

Plans by the NSW Government to take funds generated through new developments in local communities out of the hands of councils and into a centralised...

Kevin Taylor, who had attended a meeting organised by Henson and traffic engineer Duncan Campbell to discuss changes to the central business district under the Taupō Town Centre Transformation (TTCT), said “to characterise my korero as defensive, means I am damned if I do, damned if I don’t.” The pair have been questioning the rationale in treating a number of intersections in the TTCT plans with traffic lights rather than roundabouts – which they say were signalled in earlier counci...

Date Time Council in Strong Position with Almost $235m in Bank Council’s investments help pay for major capital projects such as the completed $250m Sewerage Strategy Coffs Harbour City Council’s Bank Balances and Investments totalled $234,918,345 at 31 March 2021 – an increase of $8,220,321 on the same time last year. “Despite the global economic impact of COVID-19 and record low interest rates, the investment strategy that we are pursuing continues to provide good returns on the funds...