Five new Regional Adoption Agencies have been granted £3.4 million as part of the government’s ambition to create a world-leading adoption system.

The CCS has confirmed that a third iteration of Digital Outcomes and Specialists will open for supplier applications later this year.

The Select Committee on the Natural Environment and Rural Communities has urged for a radical change in how the countryside is looked after.

Aberdeen City Council has taken delivery of the world’s first hydrogen road sweeper to join one of the largest hydrogen fleets in Europe.

The LGA has expressed concern over an initiative for children leaving care only having enough funding to support one in five young people.

Homelessness Minister Heather Wheeler has announced that councils are set to receive a share of £215 million to prevent homelessness.

Greater Manchester has set out their priorities for building community safety across Greater Manchester.

Sir James Bevan has opened debate on whether communities at the highest risk of flooding should be abandoned and their residents permanently relocated.

Sajid Javid has announced that Greater Manchester, the West of England and Oxfordshire will receive shares of nearly £300 million for new homes.

A planned merger between Somerset’s West Somerset and Taunton Deane Borough councils has been approved despite growing criticism.

Marie Curie has reported that the NHS is struggling to cope with A&E admissions of people who are in the last year of their lives.

Alun Davies has published plans that could see Wales' 22 councils merged to as few as ten, as part of local government reform proposals.

Rural areas could lose out on investment for affordable homes as a result of planning changes allowing more new homes to avoid local approval.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt confirmed that any new system of funding social care will be capped and pledged further support for struggling councils.

Nottingham City Council is taking part in a new project looking at how people and technology can work better together to reduce energy demand within buildings.

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