Plans for Newcastle City Council and Northumberland County Council to merge their transactional services have taken a major step forward.

New research has revealed that a third of the lowest-income households in Britain have loans and credit card debts that outstrip the assets they hold.

The Environment Agency has launched a consultation on proposals to transfer ‘flood risk management activities’ of watercourses to local groups.

Greater Manchester is one of four UK settings chosen to ‘pioneer’ new ways of enhancing the natural environment.

Nottingham City Council has repeated its request for the government to provide the £8.5 million necessary for post-Grenfell safety measures.

Government ministers have encouraged local authorities to consider the On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme and improve transport efficiency.

Statistics have shown that improvements made to York’s buses have helped take 460,000 car trips off the city’s roads last year.

Liverpool City Council is on the brink of publishing its Local Plan that will set out plans to create 35,000 new homes.

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council's cabinet has agreed to establish a charitable trust to manage the borough’s green spaces.

The LGA has revealed that there were 646,120 referrals to councils’ children’s services during 2016/17, equaling one referral every 49 seconds.

12 million people will be unemployed or in jobs they are over-qualified for by 2024, prompting calls for an overhaul of skills services.

Derby and Nottingham city councils are set to launch a new combined ‘Metro’ commercial waste service in the region to provide a more efficient service.

Council leaders have said that the forthcoming mayoral election in South Yorkshire should be cancelled until a devolution deal can be agreed.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has confirmed that Newham, Wandsworth & Merton and Barnet will host the first of his Early Years Hubs.

98 per cent of parents who have attended their local centre in Hertfordshire in the last 12 months were satisfied with the service provided.

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