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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Council member Kevin de León addressed his colleagues for more than eight minutes Wednesday, speaking publicly in council chambers for the first time since an incendiary leaked audio conversation upended L.A. politics in October, propelling the legislative body into crisis.

The Los Angeles City Council is struggling with a still-unfolding racism scandal that left behind a dilemma about how to deal with a disgraced member who has resisted calls from President Joe Biden to step down

A Swansea Council committee rejected the plan after being asked, 'Would you be happy with one of these outside your forever home?'

There are concerns in the European Union that Sweden's ambitions for its presidency of the Council of the European Union won’t materialize into concrete progress

Certain powers are available to the local authority under legislation

An independent inquiry has cleared a Sydney mayor of impropriety after former NSW Labor frontbencher Tania Mihailuk aired concerns about corruption.

Plans for the new resort quickly became controversial before Wirral Council pulled the plug on the scheme

"Stranmillis is a really densely populated area - we just need to make sure the public highways are accessible to everyone"

Fermanagh and Omagh District council is operating the scheme through local charity St Vincent de Paul