Mayor Adams criticizes NYC Council’s effort to investigate NYPD for supposed violations of sanctuary city policies
Mayor Points to Crime Focus Amid NYPD Sanctuary Law Scrutiny Mayor Eric Adams emphasized the need to concentrate on serious crimes rather than the ongoing push for city council members to investigate the NYPD for potential breaches of the sanctuary law. This week, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Oversight Chair Gale Brewer sent a […]
Unison leader advises employees at councils led by Reform to become union members.
The president of the UK’s largest union has encouraged employees to register with the UK Control Council following Nigel Farage’s advice for workers to look for “alternative carriers.” In a speech on Friday, Farage suggested that council staff involved in diversity or climate change projects should seek out “alternative carriers” “very quickly” after Reform UK […]
English and Welsh councils to have greater powers to seize land for affordable housing | Planning policy
The council and mayor will be given greater authority this week to grab land to build affordable housing under reform of the Labor Government's planning rules. Local governments in the UK and Wales will no longer require permission from the central government to make compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) in changes the Minister wishes to do. […]
Mergers of English councils could lead to tax rises due to high debt levels | Local government
People in the area adjacent to the UK Bankruptcy Council see their council tax rise and cut services under the worker's plan for the most fundamental reform of local governments of this century I'm taking a risk. Under the plan defended by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner for a “commission revolution,” the government is pushing […]
Joann Ariola, new head of NYC Council’s GOP, reveals what she wants to tackle first
The new GOP Chief of City Council said he wants to become a “practical” leader while growing Republican presence in New York after a spectacular ascension on Friday. “We want to grow our party in the Senate. We'll develop our party in the council, we'll develop our party in the city council,” said Queens Councillor […]
McDonald’s accused of tough tactics in fights with councils over new branches | Health
McDonald's sold salads, promoted a “healthier lifestyle”, and emphasized the support of the local children's football team, preventing the attempt to stop the opening of a new outlet. 。 Public health experts argue that fast food companies will use suspicious discussions and strict tactics to approve the application to open a branch to England's local […]
Tory party accused of ‘bottling’ May elections as county councils seek delay | Local elections
The Conservatives have 'bottled' local elections after 13 of England's Tory-led county councils announced they were seeking a postponement of polls in May this year so the Conservatives could take part in structural reforms. has been criticized. Conservative councilors have agreed to seek participation in the government's devolution priority programme, meaning they could seek to […]
English councils free to adopt four-day week after Labour drops Tory concerns | Four-day week
Britain's parliament will have the right to adopt a four-day working week after the government dropped concerns raised when the Conservatives were in power. South Cambridgeshire District Council has imposed a four-day working week for more than a year after a controversial 15-month trial in March showed staff performance had largely improved or remained the […]
NYC Dem Justin Brannan ousted from City Council’s Italian caucus over Columbus Day stance
A Brooklyn Democrat who is a front-runner in next year's comptroller election has been expelled from the race. Italian Council of the City Council For refusing to take an oath of dedication to Christopher Columbus. City Councilman Justin Brannan says he is “open” to renaming Columbus Day as Italian American Heritage Day, violating the organization's […]
Cost of fighting flooding is soaking up English councils’ cash, ministers warned | Flooding
The cost of preventing major flooding caused by extreme weather and excessive rainfall is deepening the financial crisis for councils in low-lying England, ministers have warned. Communities in the east of the country say they are being forced to cut routine services like garbage collection because of dramatic and unsustainable increases in payments they have […]