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Only 32 schools are to re-open as academies this autumn.

Councillor David Parkinson has resigned as leader of East Hampshire District Council.

Knowsley Council and Liverpool City Council are set to enter into a unique arrangement to 'share' Knowsley's executive director of regeneration, economy and skills, Nick Kavanagh, in a temporary move agreed by the two councils' leaders.

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has succeeded in his quest to ban the reams of forms, high costs and red tape getting in the way of communities organising street parties and summer fetes. From now on, instead of organisers being met with endless, confusing guidelines on food licences, road closures and insurance - councils can ask street party organisers to complete one simple form.

Proposals for a private sector-led Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership will be submitted to the government by 6 September.

Millions of pounds of council taxpayers’ money is being wasted dealing with litter lout motorists because of a loophole in the law, council leaders have warned.

Hundreds of thousands of pounds are being retrieved and given back to older and disabled people who have been bullied into buying overpriced mobility aids by rogue traders.