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Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Getty Images Council tax is expected to rise by 5% a year to pay for local services, documents in the Spending Review suggest. Bills …

Ministers have asked the British Council to draw up spending plans that would force it to close in as many as 60 countries, sources have told the Guardian, in the …

The celebrity chef and campaigner Jamie Oliver has said he is “disgusted” by his native county of Essex for not formally recognising dyslexia as a special educational need. Discussing his …

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) spy service accused U.K. intelligence on Thursday of using the British Council as cover to undermine the country and said it had identified teachers at …

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched an investigation into Rockfire Investment Finance, which became embroiled in a financial scandal over how a UK council invested more than £100m into …

Reform UK has told council officers they will face “gross misconduct” if they obstruct an Elon Musk-style department of government efficiency unit to examine all council spending in areas they …

Schools in Surrey will have a two-week long half-term break in the autumn of 2026, following a council decision. The change by Surrey County Council (SCC) means that the October …

Liberals and Nationals reach deal to reunite the Coalition Dan Jervis-Bardy The Liberal leader, Sussan Ley, will unveil her shadow cabinet on Wednesday after clinching a deal to reunite the …