Councils pursuing a four-day working week are "on notice", says the government.

Birmingham City Council's cure is expected to involve job cuts and sales of assets, a report says.

Michael Gove accuses the city council of "woeful mismanagement" amid its financial crisis.

Lee Rowley says a trial, which a council leader says cut the need for agency staff, should end now.

A former Labour MP is chosen to lead the new inquiry after the original review stalled.

One council blamed the pandemic, a new planning IT system and a shortage of planning officers.

Thai Churchley, from Bristol, says rental hikes in the city are unaffordable for local people.

The housing secretary says the council failed to provide "the most basic level of decency" to tenants.