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Commissioners to run Birmingham city council, Michael Gove says

Recovery plan for Britain’s largest authority could include job cuts, asset sales and council tax rises

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: Birmingham’s long road back from the brink of bankruptcy

In today’s newsletter: As the government takes direct control of the city’s finances, how did the UK’s second-biggest city find itself in such a mess?

The Guardian - UK

Government-appointed commissioners ‘set to intervene’ in Birmingham City Council

Reports claim Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove could announce details of the move as soon as Tuesday.

The Independent UK

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Michael Gove to appoint commissioners to run Birmingham city council

Housing secretary’s move will provide financial and management oversight at local authority, which is in effect bankrupt

The Guardian - UK

Anger as Tories again delay renters’ reform bill and conversion therapy ban

Blame game erupts over hold-up in Michael Gove’s housing reforms, while conversion ban ‘stuck in a loop’

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan accuses Government of ‘dither and delay’ over fire safety rules

The mayor said the lack of clarity was causing the building of more than 34,000 homes to stall

Evening Standard

Northern Ireland could become for UK/EU what Hong Kong was for Asia – Gove

The Levelling Up Secretary made his remarks as he closed an investment conference in Belfast.

The Independent UK

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Michael Gove’s local council warns of bankruptcy risk after failed Tory investments

New Lib Dem leadership in Surrey Heath attacks previous Conservative regime for racking up debts of £165m

The Guardian - UK

From collective ambition to crumbling concrete: Essex is a totem of Britain’s decline

Yes, many of the county’s postwar buildings used Raac; but the real problem is a Tory ideology that has negligence at its core, says author Tim Burrows

The Guardian - UK

Sunak branded ‘inaction man’ at PMQs as Starmer attacks record on schools, prisons and China – as it happened

Labour leader accuses government of failing to heed warnings which has led to series of crises this week

The Guardian - UK

Labour to oppose ‘reckless’ Tory plans to rip up EU pollution laws

Party announces it will vote against Conservative bid to scrap river nutrient neutrality rules for housebuilders

The Guardian - UK

Labour accused of blocking plans to boost housebuilding

Minister Michael Gove said the Opposition party is ‘seeking to end the dream of homeownership for thousands of families by playing politics’.

The Independent UK

Tories put children at risk by pursuing their free schools obsession – and I have the figures to prove it

Scrutiny of government spending shows how money was diverted into building free schools rather than the upkeep of existing ones, says writer and author Warwick Mansell

The Guardian - UK

Ministers ignored Natural England’s advice on plans to rip up pollution laws

Correspondence shows nature watchdog had recommended that housebuilders pay for pollution

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How austerity (and ideology) broke Britain

This endless week of crumbling schools, poor public services and collapsing council finances has been 13 years in the making – and even loyal Tories now know the game is up

The Guardian - UK

UK government did not carry out detailed surveys before it bought free schools sites

Freedom of information requests show such was haste to open new schools unsuitable buildings were purchased without checks for asbestos or concrete

The Guardian - UK

The RSPB took on ministers and fell to earth. How it happened is a warning to us all

This is not just a story of a wildlife charity being bullied – it’s about the ugly truth of power dynamics in today’s Britain, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Evening Standard

The great food waste scandal: 2.9 m tons of produce being dumped in landfill

Just a tiny percentage of the £750m subsidy for waste plants would help alleviate the daily battle for millions of struggling families

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The Independent UK

Government sees off Tory-led bid to restore housing targets as Lib Dems abstain

Michael Gove is accused of ‘trying to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds’ by a Tory former Cabinet minister.

The Guardian - UK

The UK had safe water. Then Brexit allowed the Tories to flush away our environmental standards

Michael Gove, who pledged to boost protections, now plans to scrap them. No wonder natural habitats are threatened, says Labour MP Stella Creasy

The Independent UK

Headteachers angrily accuse Sunak of ‘dumping on them’ in crumbling concrete fiasco

They claim Michael Gove ‘gleefully’ scrapped plans to rebuild schools – and say Sunak’s plan to fix problem would take 440 years

The Independent UK

Thousands more refugees facing homelessness after government eviction rule changes

140 organisations, including Red Cross, Crisis and Shelter, write to Michael Gove and Suella Braverman

The Independent UK

‘Refugees being driven to homelessness by shorter eviction notice periods’

The Refugee Council and other charities have written to Home Secretary Suella Braverman and Housing Secretary Michael Gove.

Evening Standard

Planning permission for onshore wind farms to be relaxed, says Government

Boost for green energy could see people in communities who have wind farms receive discount on their bills

The Guardian - UK

Gove may be lifting England onshore ban, but wind still faces hurdles

Government will make it easier to build turbines, but wind remains at disadvantage compared with other projects

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