council failure

2 articles

May 12, 2026 • via the Guardian

Somerset Roads Defy Their Stabilisers

45-degree lorry lists in peat sinkhole during council pothole patrol

A stabilisation firm's truck sinks on a Somerset road it arrived to fix, exposing peat vulnerabilities, chronic underfunding, and institutional shortcuts in UK highway maintenance.

Dec 23, 2025 • via the Guardian

Councils' Four-Day Experiments Labeled as Collapse Signals

Steve Reed's warning risks intervention in 25 debating authorities

Labour secretary Steve Reed flags four-day weeks as failure indicators for English councils, overriding local trials amid productivity crisis. Central control persists across parties as bankruptcies mount.