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Local councils are being forced to sell off libraries, playgrounds and public buildings to pay for austerity-induced cuts and redundancies, a Huff Post investigation has revealed. With local government funding increasingly strangled a major examination has revealed councils have been forced to raise a total of £9.1 billion from selling property since 2014/15. One in six councils in England used a total of £381 million to pay for cost cutting and almost a third of that – £115 million – was...

The average Brit is left with just £276 a month after bills, a new study has found. A poll of 2,000 adults revealed that after paying out for their rent and mortgage, utility bills, food and other living expenses, just a small amount of ‘spare’ cash is left over for the lighter things in life. Of those polled, 45 per cent even claim to often have months with absolutely no disposable income whatsoever. And more than four in 10 feel...

Record-breaking temperatures in February have prompted millions of Brits to think more about their carbon footprint, research has revealed. A third of people surveyed say the mild weather this winter has encouraged them to reconsider their environmental impact, with almost two-thirds now actively thinking about the planet and what they can do to help it. Over half of Brits are currently eating less meat or considering cutting down, with a similar number cutting down the amount they drive. And 60...

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New analysis by the Labour Party has revealed Chris Grayling has cost the taxpayer and economy £2.7 billion during his time as a minister. Following news that the government will shell out up to £33 million to Eurotunnel in the wake of the Brexit ferry fiasco Labour has outlined the other "political gaffs" that have left the country significantly out of pocket. A press release sent out this afternoon details more than ten blunders which have cost the country heavily....

Caroline Lucas says MPs have been caught truanting while young people show leadership on climate change after just a handful showed up to a key debate on the issue. Some 610 MPs were missing from yesterday's sitting on the UK’s progress towards net zero carbon emissions which was brought about following protests of thousands of children who skipped school to make their voices heard. Theresa May condemned the protests at the time, saying it would "increase teachers’ workloads and waste...

Lekan Akinsoji, 20, Nathaniel Lewis, 22, Darnell Joseph-Newill, 21 and Troy Ifill, 21, were locked up at the Old Bailey

Kyle Fox, 26, sexually abused a baby girl and the boy before posting the horrific abuse on the darkweb.