Half the UK’s local councils are at risk of collapse, the government’s official auditor has said, warning that one in six may be unable to provide basic services this year. The warning comes after severe cuts in national government funding. In a report produced by the government’s official auditor, the National Audit Office (NAO) on Wednesday, 52 percent of councils were said to be at risk of... 

Margaret Hodge was born in Egypt to Jewish immigrants from Germany and Austria. Her family then moved to England where Margaret married English politician Sir Henry Hodge who runs the British version of the left-wing ACLU. Margaret Hodge is member of the British Parliament and a high ranking member of the Labour party. In this interview she plays up her status as an “immigrant” to attack the BNP....