Max Kendix

1 week ago | thetimes.com | Max Kendix |Geraldine Scott

"As bins pile up and pressures mount, the country looks on as if this is the result of some uniquely Brummie dysfunction," Parker said. "But to treat it as some kind of localised failure - the result of poor choices or civic decline - is to ignore the bigger picture. "We've been caricatured as post-industrial relics, dismissed as too messy, too complex, too far gone. And now we're being painted as forever blighted by the bins.

1 week ago | thetimes.com | Max Kendix

As many as half of ballots cast in local elections are postal. The deadline to apply for a postal vote was 5pm on April 14, and the proxy vote application deadline is 5pm on April 23. On the day itself, those voting in person must bring a form of ID, such as a driving licence, passport or an older person's bus pass. Those without an accepted form of ID can apply for a free voter authority certificate. Is there a local election in my area?

1 week ago | thetimes.com | Tom Calver |Max Kendix |Daisy Eastlake

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1 week ago | thetimes.com | Max Kendix |Lara Spirit

Michael Gove will be given a peerage on Friday as Rishi Sunak's resignation honours list is published after months of delay. The former prime minister will ennoble a handful of allies to the House of Lords including Alister Jack, the former Scottish secretary, and Simon Hart, the former chief whip. Sunak has nominated seven people for peerages in his resignation honours list, the Financial Times reported.