16/03/2018 - 09:59
Manchester City Council has announced plans to increase the pay of the city’s home care assistants by £1 an hour.
16/03/2018 - 09:48
The LGA and some local councils are supporting a new campaign to tackle child abuse and neglect and increase confidence in reporting incidents.
15/03/2018 - 15:39
A new report by iMPOWER has detailed how councils have used the £2 billion Improved Better Care Fund since it was announced last Spring.
15/03/2018 - 15:08
Sadiq Khan has revealed that businesses around London have joined a scheme that offers people free tap water ‘refills’.
15/03/2018 - 14:47
The Department for Education has announced a £17 million package of support for councils to improve outcomes for vulnerable children.
15/03/2018 - 14:29
Sajid Javid has recommended ‘a new start’ for Northamptonshire County Council which would best be achieved through the creation of two new unitary councils’.
15/03/2018 - 11:47
Wirral Council has announced that it has saved £336,000 since it switched from Oracle support to Support Revolution three years ago.
15/03/2018 - 11:04
Manchester City Council and Keep Britain Tidy are collaborating with the aim of making Manchester the UK’s first ‘Tidy City’ by 2020.
15/03/2018 - 10:54
As part of its tenure as the UK City of Culture, the 2017 events in Hull brought a ‘significant increase’ in arts and culture participation.
15/03/2018 - 10:36
Independent Age says the proportion of care homes rated ‘inadequate’ or ‘requires improvement’ increased in one in five local authority areas last year.
15/03/2018 - 09:36
Four Commons committees have urged for an end to the UK's ‘poisonous air’ emergency and demanded a faster phase-out of petrol and diesel cars.
14/03/2018 - 12:21
The BMA has warned that council-run public health is heading in the ‘wrong direction’ with funding ’significantly reduced’ over recent years.
14/03/2018 - 11:18
A new report has revealed that the child poverty rate for those in lone parent households will increase from 37 per cent to over 62 per cent.
14/03/2018 - 10:35
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman warns about the issues found during investigations into councils’ management of external contracts.
14/03/2018 - 10:22
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has welcomed the next stages of the £1.7 billion Transforming Cities Fund to transform local journeys.
