Labour council bills homeowners £28,000 for staff mobile phones
A Labour-run council ordered flat owners to pay £28,000 to cover the cost of 10 mobile phones for its own...
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How London dumps council house tenants on unsuspecting Home Counties
One resident told us they installed cameras on their property to deter anti-social behaviour, while others complained of groups blaring...
Scourge of tenants not paying their rent costing councils £500m a year
Jo Mitchell, assistant director of customer experience and support at Labour-run Wigan Council, said: “During the Covid-19 pandemic Wigan Council...
Benefits Britain is refusing to pay rent – and we are footing the bill
I have three explanations for what I think might be going on in the local authority market – but this...
