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Benefit cheats to repay £15,000
21 November 2008
Two housing benefit cheats will have to pay back more than £15,000 in fraudulent claims and carry out over 300 hours of community service after they were taken to court by the council.
Tough new plans to get jobless into work 'may cause poverty', warns top government adviser
21 November 2008
A senior government advisor warned tough new measures to get the jobless into work or face benefit cuts could leave people worse off.
Council rejects late night McDonalds bid
19 November 2008
Councillors have rejected plans that would have allowed the Tooting Broadway branch of McDonalds to stay open into the early hours of the morning at weekends.
Attack on leader’s blog was ‘politically motivated’
19 November 2008
No action will be taken against council leader Peter Thompson for breaching the code of conduct because the complaint against him was politically motivated, a committee has ruled.
Lambeth council housing protest
19 November 2008
Angry Lambeth Council tenants protested outside a council housing conference on Saturday, before dozens walked out of the proceedings after heckling council leader Steve Reed.
Council payout for severely disabled girl
19 November 2008
Surrey County Council failures have denied a severely disabled young woman the right to a decent home life, according to the local government ombudsman.
MP wants drug paraphernalia shop shut
18 November 2008
An MP campaigning to shut a shop selling drugs paraphernalia has secured a meeting with a top Government official.
Shareholders rein in Barclays board
18 November 2008
BARCLAYS directors are on trial for their jobs after making a series of ill-received concessions to shareholders furious at the way it has handled a controversial £7billion fundraising.
Fenstanton academy protest
18 November 2008
Furious parents and residents have accused Lambeth Council of ignoring democracy by steamrolling through controversial plans to build an academy on the site of a primary school and estate in Tulse Hill.
Boris pledges £15k to finance Heathrow legal battle
18 November 2008
The Mayor of London has said he will help finance a legal battle against the Government if it decides to go ahead with the Heathrow expansion.
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