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Legal challenge argues commissioners breached Local Government Act by refusing to allow proper scrutiny of decisionLegal action is being taken after commissioners sent to oversee Birmingham council blocked scrutiny of a controversial decision to close

Finance department says advertising not paused during or after AI bot’s ‘MechaHitler’ outburst, as antisemitism envoy praises Musk-owned platform for ‘rooting out hate’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government

No 10 spokesperson says government’s priority is the city’s residents after union, a major donor, votes to suspend Rayner and re-examine its relationship with LabourUnite votes to suspend Angela Rayner’s membershipThe Unite union has voted

Public accounts committee warns UK infrastructure risked becoming ‘stony ground’ for investors without major overhaulBad management of private finance contracts is leading to poor quality assets being handed back to the government, including schools and

Kyiv said Russia launched around 400 drones and 18 missiles against Ukraine overnightZelenskyy also repeatedly thanks partners for their help so far, saying it is thanks to their help it was able to start building