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People littering across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire face fines of anywhere between £75 and £500 depending on where the offence takes place. Some councils issue thousands of fixed ...

05:37, Thu, Jan 15, 2026 Updated: 09:53, Thu, Jan 15, 2026 Four million people are set to be denied the vote in May's local elections in what the Tories and Reform UK have slammed as a "disgraceful ...

Last December, the Government presented local councils with a choice. Either they could hold elections as planned in May, or ...

Unpaid carers providing full-time support to family members could be eligible for significant council tax discounts under a little-known scheme. But many have likely missed out, after almost 150 ...

B3Living has begun building 36 accessible homes on Cheshunt High Street, supported by grant funding from Broxbourne Council and Homes England, in a bid to help meet rising demand for affordable ...

Robert Jenrick's choice to join Reform UK yesterday - hours after being sacked from the Conservative Party - was a seismic ...

Hertfordshire provider B3Living has completed a stock transfer of over 300 homes with Notting Hill Genesis, which continues to “refocus” its efforts on London.

In December, the Labour government proposed major reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). At the heart of ...