15/02/2017 - 10:41
The current employment rate is 74.6 per cent – the highest employment rate since records began in 1971.
15/02/2017 - 10:29
A new report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has revealed that nearly a third of the UK population is living on an ‘inadequate’ income.
15/02/2017 - 09:43
The LGA has claimed that extending compulsory sex and relationship education in academies could reduce the diagnosis of STIs.
15/02/2017 - 09:29
A Northern Powerhouse conference has been labelled as ‘embarrassing’ for its lack of women speakers.
14/02/2017 - 11:21
The Office of Low Emissions Vehicles (OLEV) has announced a new £2.5 million fund for an on-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme, which is open for councils to bid on.
14/02/2017 - 10:29
Pembrokeshire Council has backed St Davids - the smallest city in the UK, plan to become the 2021 City of Culture.
14/02/2017 - 10:10
Information collated via a BBC Freedom of Information (FoI) request has found that councils in England have paid out over £35 million in compensation fees to tenants living in unfit council homes, over the past five years.
13/02/2017 - 11:07
Research has revealed that pensioners in the UK are now an average of £20 a week better off than working households.
13/02/2017 - 10:38
The City of Cardiff Council is considering suspending Right to Buy for five years in an effort to protect the city’s social housing stock.
13/02/2017 - 09:47
Analysis by Sky News has revealed that fewer than 10 per cent of councils make recycling compulsory for their residents.
13/02/2017 - 09:29
A new report argues that prisons in England and Wales need a ‘profound culture change’ so that inmate safety is prioritised further.
13/02/2017 - 09:13
A report has highlighted a period of decline facing public parks and encourages councils to publish strategic plans to address the problem.
10/02/2017 - 11:16
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has confirmed that the government will return more powers to Rotherham council, bringing the majority of services back under the authority’s control.
10/02/2017 - 10:52
A number of council leaders have called on the government to maintain its commitment to vulnerable child refugees, after the Home Office cited local authority funding as part of the decision to scrap the scheme.
10/02/2017 - 10:28
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on the government to remove the barriers currently refraining councils from helping underperforming schools, including taking on the running of failing academies.
