Communities and local government

Theresa May’s Stronger Towns Fund represents a tenth of what councils lost from central government under austerity.

There was tough talk from the Government today, with Housing Minister Grant Shapps backing councils that want to ‘convict and evict’ rioters from social housing. But is the Government’s bark worse than its bite? FactCheck investigates.

The border between urban Manchester and leafy Trafford has become the front line in a fierce political battle over who’s to blame for cuts to local services. FactCheck gets to work.

The government wants to stop councils producing weekly so-called Town Hall Pravdas to save money and help boost the local press. But FactCheck finds it might not do either.