Birmingham City Council is one of 29 local authorities chosen to pilot a scheme that will help local councils recover unpaid council tax.
Thousands of small businesses have won the chance to bid to supply cloud computing services to government bodies.
Homeless people in England are 60 times more likely to visit A&E in a year than the general population.
A third of councils fear they will run out of funding to provide their statutory services by the end of this Parliament.
A BBC investigation has discovered that more than 100 children go missing from council-run care in the North East every year.
High Streets Minister Jake Berry has announced the four local communities set to receive a funding boost of a share of over £100,000.
Childcare in England risks becoming the preserve of the wealthy, unless a £660 million funding gap in a free childcare scheme is plugged.
David Mundell has announced a £394.5 million investment into the five local authority areas of the Scottish Borderlands.
English councils are predicting that they will collectively make a £913 million surplus from their parking activities in the current financial year.
A new report by the Local Government Association has found that young people today are half as likely to own a home as they were 20 years ago.
The LGA has revealed that local social services are seeing more than 560 cases of children with mental health disorders every day.
A five-year funding settlement is the only way local authorities will be able to address deteriorating local roads network, say MPs.
Council leaders have said that there is an urgent need to invest in local services which protect and support young people.
Housing Secretary James Brokenshire has said that all new-build houses will be sold as freehold in bold move to tackle unfair leasehold practices.
The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has claimed that further cuts to care services in England will be needed in the coming year.