Brighton & Hove City Council has announced a 5.99 per cent council tax increase, to help invest £6 million for its adult social care services.

The LGA has said that rogue landlords who commit housing offences should be fined a minimum of £30,000 by magistrates.

Approximately 99 per cent of low and high level street lights in Leicestershire have been upgraded to energy savings LEDs.

Hampshire County Council has written to all 11 of its district council leaders proposing one combined authority across the whole of the region.

It is taking longer than expected to turn under-performing schools into academies, causing ‘considerable variation’ across the country.

Prisons, Jobcentres and NHS trusts will be among the organisations that have a duty to help those at risk of becoming homeless.

Birmingham City Council has chosen Jadu’s Continuum CXM platform to deliver a new digital platform for its residents and businesses.

Further education and skills training at Sunderland City Council has been deemed inadequate, with Ofsted warning of ‘radicalisation’ risks.

Approximately 6,000 children in Glasgow could benefit from a plan to provide free school dinners for all children in Primary 4.

Activist lawyers from ClientEarth have won a third High Court victory over the UK government's plans to tackle air pollution.

Residents in Ealing can now use a new app to quickly and easily access all manner of information about recycling in the borough.

The ONS has revealed that the rate of unemployment rose from 4.3 per cent to 4.4 per cent for the three months to the end of December.

England’s Metro Mayors have urged the government to review the way in which funding for new housing is allocated to city-regions.

Professor Keith Willett has said that health and local government leaders must remake the NHS and local authority partnership.

Government figures have shown that local councils have closed more than 500 children’s centres since 2010.

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