New accounts reveal sharp fall in Hartlepool councillors’ allowances Audit report shows reduced political governance costs at Hartlepool Borough Council, as councillors refuse to take additional Special Responsibility Payments 21st Feb 2026 C ouncillors in Hartlepool cost local taxpayers significantly less in allowances in the most recent financial year, according to the councils own audited financial statements which were presented to the Audit and Governance Committee last

Selective Compassion: Why Brash Cares About Who Arrives, But Not Who's Forced to Leave. Abandoned by the Borough: The Human Cost of The Hartlepool Homesearch Blacklist that Hartlepool's Labour MP refuses to talk about. . 21st Feb 2026 F or months, Hartlepool Labour MP Jonathan Brash has dominated local headlines with his crusade against southern councils in what he claims are councils "dumping" families in Hartlepool. The rhetoric is sharp, his indignation loud, and his targ

Councillors have been warned they have until the 5th march 2026 to agree a budget, including setting the council tax for the borough. Race Against the Clock, as Hartlepool Borough Council has 'less than two weeks' to agree a budget or face billing chaos... 21st Feb 2026 Hartlepool Borough Council now has less than a fortnight to agree its budget for the 2026/27 financial year amid an extraordinary admission that a failure to do so by the 5th of March will leave the council un