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Rather than cutting public spending again, the government could finally tax the UK’s vast reserves of housing wealth.

DESPITE inflation running at over 10 per cent, Maryport Town Council is proposing no increase in council tax for 2023/24.

CRAIG BROWN: It is called the Full English Breakfast because it makes one feel very full after eating it. Many find it hard to move afterwards.

The local government minister has criticised some councils for “speculating” on markets, and attacked a “cottage industry” of consultants for coming up

Middle East Eye obtains briefing note sent out by Conservative Friends of Israel making case for moving embassy from Tel Aviv...

MEE obtains briefing note sent out by Conservative Friends of Israel making case for moving embassy from Tel Aviv

The new levelling up secretary can be expected to continue and complete the recent line of devolution deals of his near-namesake predecessor, writes

Liz Truss, the woman now charged with watching out for Britain's environment, used to spend her days working for Shell - and has been a vocal supporter of a third runway at Heathrow. So why has David Cameron made her the next environment secretary?

In July 2021, Lord Pickles, chair of ACOBA, told the Cabinet Office that Dominic Cummings had breached the rules. Officials have still not responded.

In mid-January, the British Communities Secretary Eric Pickles sent a letter to 1,000 Muslim leaders in Britain, asking them to "explain and demonstrate how faith in Islam can be part of British identity". The reaction was swift, with many Muslims expressing anger or dismay at what they saw as the insinuation that Islam is not part of Britain. By Susannah Tarbush