The youngest ever life peer cast four failed votes with the Government before she’s even made her first speech
Cultural vandalism takes many forms, writes Josiah Mortimer
Just one in nine local council audits are now conducted on time – which researchers blame on a privatised system
A parliamentary report confirms Byline Times’ story about the collapse in the auditing of how taxpayers’ money is being spent on public services
Serious problems have arisen after the Government abolished the Audit Commission and handed the job to private accountancy firms instead
A party crackdown on local party cooperation is preventing Labour councillors from leveraging their election victories to unseat the Tories in some towns, Josiah Mortimer reports
Andrew Kersley speaks to a man awaiting the bailiffs as campaigners warn that cuts to housing services are leaving vulnerable people desperately unsupported
And election experts have warned of battles at the ballot box if people are denied a vote, Josiah Mortimer reports
The cost of living crisis, more than a decade of cuts and the pandemic have left local authorities on the brink when it comes to key services
Sian Norris digs into the data on a decade of cuts, assessing its impact on people and public services, as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt lines up Austerity 2.0
Council tax would need to rise by 20% to save urgently-needed public services, but how will Jeremy Hunt respond in his autumn statement?
An exclusive, three-month investigation by the Byline Intelligence Team reveals the extent of relationship breakdowns in the Homes for Ukraine scheme that has left refugees at risk of exploitation and homelessness, and local councils stretched
The method used to track state expenditure is now ‘increasingly unreliable and incomplete’, reports David Hencke
Overspending and legal wrangling is causing concerns over the £100 million commemoration, reports David Hencke
Thomas Perrett considers the reasons for the shock demise of Marvin Rees’ position, and whether this spells danger for the city-mayor model
TJ Coles inspects how David Cameron’s widely-scorned idea ended up institutionalising a smaller state
Former Kensington MP Emma Dent Coad reflects on the broken social contract that has underpinned the Grenfell tragedy and the five years since
Labour’s local election performance spells danger for the party, argues Sam Bright
The Conservative Party is refusing to deal with the Prime Minister’s failing leadership as he leads the UK into a recession which could expel him from office, reports Adam Bienkov
Nic Murray explores the Chancellor’s underfunded and misjudged scheme to help deprived families make ends meet
Despite favourable newspaper headlines, Rishi Sunak’s spending commitments are still overwhelmed by the legacy of austerity reports Sam Bright
Claire Hamlett unpicks the Government schemes that are obstructing the UK’s net zero ambitions
Behind the gags, the Prime Minister’s plan for regional redistribution is woefully lacking, says Sam Bright
Claire Hamlett reports on the factors contributing to the lack of progress by local councils to reduce carbon emissions in their areas, despite their pledges to do so
After the scandal of crony contracts, Stephen Colegrave digs into the Government’s Green Paper setting out a new regime to regulate nearly £300 billion in public spending
In the wake of the Lambeth Council findings by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, Katharine Quarmby considers why the systemic failings around locking vulnerable people up out of sight, out of mind are never acted upon
Concerns have been mounting about the local council’s use of recovery funds following the 2017 fire, reports Sam Bright
Julian Mercer investigates more flaws in the Government’s housing policy, which seeks to build new homes for 80,000 ‘ghosts’ and ignores the impact of Brexit