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Plans for local government overhaul on hold after legal advice

Angela Rayner to announce review into local government shake-up as decisions on four areas withdrawn and 16 paused

The Guardian - UK

Government rejects council's 11th hour bid to delay Sadiq Khan's pedestrianisation of Oxford Street

The town hall wrote to ministers demanding that TfL carry out a full environmental impact assessment before the Mayor of London’s scheme goes ahead

Evening Standard

PM announces drive to get thousands of rough sleepers off streets for Christmas

The move is reminiscent of the Everyone In scheme in the pandemic when thousands of rough sleepers across England were brought in off the streets.

Evening Standard

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Nine years after Grenfell, how much longer will bereaved have to wait for justice?

London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan called for those responsible to be held to account for the ‘grave injustice’

Evening Standard

Hidden camera found in ceiling panel at government offices in Westminster

The security services have been notified of the discovery

Evening Standard

Hidden camera discovered inside government offices in London

Device found inside ceiling panel of MHCLG office in Westminster, reports say

The Independent UK

Enfield council withdraws from government’s new towns programme

London authority’s new Tory-led administration delivers significant blow to Labour’s flagship housebuilding scheme

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Reform UK civil service plan ‘would sack more planning officers than exist’

Analysis of party’s proposed cuts also suggests it would get rid of two-thirds of psychologists who support prison staff

The Guardian - UK

Labour must fulfil promise to introduce clean air act, charities urge

Party held out prospect of act while in opposition but plan did not make it into election manifesto

The Guardian - UK

Shared ownership schemes are complex and not always fully understood – report

Weaknesses in information mean that government does not yet have a full understanding of how shared ownership works for consumers, the NAO said.

Evening Standard

Grenfell Tower stairwell handprints to be saved but Arabic script ‘hasn’t been preserved’

The fire at the west London tower in 2017 killed 72 people

Evening Standard

Rough sleeping hits record high in England

The number of households in temporary accommodation is also at record levels

The Independent UK

‘Carmageddon’ warning issued over major government parking reforms

Urban areas could face gridlock and the court system become "overwhelmed" if proposed changes to parking regulations go ahead, a leading industry body has warned.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer to make first public appearance since council elections U-turn

The Prime Minister is due in Wales on Wednesday, where Labour faces pressure from Reform UK and Plaid Cymru ahead of a crunch Senedd vote.

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Why has government reversed its decision to postpone 30 local polls across England?

The elections are on in the latest U-turn by Labour, after Reform UK had begun a legal challenge

The Independent UK

Starmer abandons plans to cancel May council elections in latest U-turn

Government agrees to pay Reform UK’s legal costs in further humiliation for prime minister

The Guardian - UK

England planning proposals fail to mention safety of women and girls, say critics

Draft proposals likely to ‘embed risk and inequality’, campaigners and urban planners say

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re in limbo’: the garden centre ‘golden mile’ that may be lost to a new town

Crews Hill near Enfield in north London could become a victim of Labour’s ambitious housebuilding goal

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The Independent UK

Map: Council tax winners and losers after government reveals funding

The plans have shifted funding towards more deprived areas

Evening Standard

Grenfell Tower to be lit up at night as demolition begins

Grenfell Tower will be lit up at night as a “visible reminder” of the tragedy while it is slowly taken down.

Evening Standard

Number of new homes per year in England falls to near-decade low

The Government has pledged to deliver 1.5 million new homes in England over the course of this parliament.

The Independent UK

Number of new homes in England plummets to near-decade low despite Labour pledge for housebuilding revolution

Labour government pledged to deliver 1.5 million new homes in England over five years

The Independent UK

Landmark deprivation statistics show scale of hardship – how does your area compare?

Jaywick, near Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, has been named England’s most deprived neighbourhood

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage ‘sad’ as Clacton area remains most deprived neighbourhood

Jaywick is part of Reform leader and Clacton MP Nigel Farage’s Essex constituency

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage ‘sad’ as Jaywick remains England’s most deprived neighbourhood

Mr Farage was elected MP for Clacton in Essex in July 2024, and Jaywick is part of the constituency.

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