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• L'ex amministratrice delegata del consiglio di Parramatta, Gail Connolly, e una ‘rete ristretta’ avrebbero promosso amici mentre prendevano di mira altri per ritorsioni. • Un'inchiesta anti-corruzione del New South Wales sta indagando se tre amici in posizioni di potere presso un consiglio dell'ovest di Sydney, che si definivano i “Pink Ops”, abbiano manipolato i processi di reclutamento e promozione per avvantaggiare amici. • La NSW Independent Commission against Corruption (Icac) ha tenuto lunedì la prima giornata di udienze pubbliche sulle accuse riguardanti l'ex amministratrice delegata del consiglio di Parramatta Gail Connolly, nonché le dipendenti del consiglio Roxanne Thornton e Angela Jones-Blayney e altro personale.

• Reform, i Verdi e gli indipendenti pro-Gaza ottengono guadagni significativi, sebbene nessun partito abbia ancora vinto la maggioranza • Mappa delle elezioni: come il Labour ha perso terreno in diverse direzioni • Ultimi aggiornamenti e analisi dalla notte elettorale

Il leader dei Greens celebra il primo sindaco mai eletto del suo partito e la vittoria netta in tre consigli comunali Election 2026 live: ultimi aggiornamenti Risultati completi da Inghilterra, Scozia e Galles Zack Polanski ha dichiarato che il bipolarismo politico della Gran Bretagna è "morto e sepolto", dopo che il suo partito, i Greens, ha vinto per la prima volta un'elezione municipale e ha ottenuto consiglieri in tutta l'Inghilterra, tra cui la vittoria netta in tre consigli comunali. Mentre le perdite del Labour si accumulavano in tutto il paese e i Conservatori affrontavano un altro set di risultati deludenti, Polanski ha cercato di presentare il suo partito come l'opzione più percorribile per gli oppositori di Reform. Continua a leggere...

Councillor announces plan to withdraw from government-funded programme in run-up to May electionsUK politics live – latest updatesThe Reform-led Lancashire county council will withdraw from the government’s refugee resettlement scheme, one of its cabinet members has said.Councillor Joshua Roberts announced plans for Lancashire to leave the scheme, which would make it the first local authority to do so. Continue reading...

Jordan Linden sentenced to 18 months for string of crimes committed over 10 years between 2011 and 2021A former SNP council leader has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of a string of sexual offences against young men and teenagers as young as 14.Jordan Linden, once considered a rising star in the SNP, was convicted of five sexual assaults on young men after a trial at Falkirk sheriff court in March, which heard that the SNP had “downplayed or ignored” complaints about his behaviour. Continue reading...

Party leader says vote for Labour or Greens in closely run seats will result in Reform victory at local electionsVoters in the home counties will “regret it for a long time” if they do not back the Liberal Democrats and wake up to a Reform-led council, Ed Davey has said.The Lib Dems leader has identified five councils – East Surrey, West Surrey, Hampshire, West Sussex and Huntingdonshire – where his party could win overall control, as well as swathes of the former “blue wall” where Davey said it was a “straight fight” between his party and Reform at the English local elections. Continue reading...

Authority says workers and councillors ‘threatened for explaining the council’s position’ as union jack and St George’s flags taken downResidents, council staff and councillors have been subject to rising “abuse, harassment and intimidation” directly linked to the removal of unauthorised flags, a local authority has said.Shropshire council said it had recorded a rise in reports of abuse with staff and members “being threatened for explaining the council’s position” on the removal of flags and when they attempt to do so – “even in day-to-day work to repair street lighting”, the authority added. Continue reading...