26/03/2019 - 07:19
An increase in local authority highway maintenance budgets is stemming the decline in the condition of the local road network, according to this year’s Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey.
22/03/2019 - 10:39
1817 buses are expected to be retrofitted to bring buses up to low emission standards
22/03/2019 - 09:11
The UK’s recycling infrastructure is not set up to cope with packaging materials from a growth in online retail, packaging manufacturer DS Smith ha
21/03/2019 - 11:32
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report released today states that income tax seems the most promising candidate for partial devolution.
20/03/2019 - 10:50
The Local Government Association has called for continued funding for the Troubled Families programme after an evaluation found the scheme has helped hundreds of thousands of families.
20/03/2019 - 10:24
Assessors working for Lambeth, Kingston and Barking and Dagenham created false housing benefit claims over a period of six years
19/03/2019 - 11:09
The Human City Institute has published a report addressing the diversity of the social tenants over the last two decades.
19/03/2019 - 10:13
Councils across England are to receive a share of £9.75 million to help cleani up high streets and town centres, Communities Secretary Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP confirmed.
18/03/2019 - 13:56
New figures from the National Crime Agency show that referrals of potential victims of modern slavery made by councils have soared ninefold in five
15/03/2019 - 13:48
The numbers are worst for local NHS bodies such as Clinical Commissioning Groups and Hospital Trusts, where 38% did not have proper arrangements.
14/03/2019 - 07:53
The Chancellor Phillip Hammond's short Spring Statement set out further steps the Government is taking to attempt to fix the 'broken' housing market.
14/03/2019 - 07:30
92 per cent of councils say more support from government is needed if they are to return to being major housebuilders
11/03/2019 - 09:12
The LGA says that funding for youth offending teams (YOTs) within councils has been halved from £145 million in 2010/11 to £71.5 million in 2018/19.
11/03/2019 - 09:06
Surrey County Council has been accused of negligence by the foster parents of the Parsons Green bomber who claim the authority failed to warn them he had been radicalised.
11/03/2019 - 08:54
Bradford Council has introduced a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) to tackle anti-social driving.
