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Highlights from the Investigation

15.07.22

Local Power

His companies made a deal for £138m of taxpayers’ money. Where has it gone?

A three-year investigation by the Bureau, hampered at virtually every stage by Thurrock council, can reveal apparent gaping holes in investments that threaten to cost the public hundreds of millions o...

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Sam sits on his sofa at home. He no longer goes to school because they couldn't provide the support he needed.

28.04.22

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Cornwall to Newcastle: children with disabilities forced to travel hundreds of miles for school

The desperately underfunded special educational needs and disabilities system is having grave consequences for young people and plunging councils further into record debt

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22.05.20

Local Power

Council borrowed £1bn from taxpayers to bet on British sunshine

Thurrock council has borrowed more than £1bn from other local authorities

25.06.20

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Council gives WeWork £4.5m rent holiday as Covid crunch hits

Spelthorne borough council, which borrowed £1bn to spend on commercial property investments, has allowed a major tenant to put off paying millions in rent

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