19/01/2017 - 11:17
A proposal has been published calling for Oxfordshire six councils to be abolished and replaced by one county-wide local authority.
19/01/2017 - 11:03
Poole Council has scrapped plans for a £250,000 revamp of its civic centre after widespread criticism.
18/01/2017 - 12:36
Local Government Minister Marcus Jones has announced that councils are to receive a further £48 million funding to help them deliver new and expanded services to prevent and reduce homelessness.
18/01/2017 - 12:21
Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe District councils have submitted proposals to abolish the county’s five councils and create two unitary authorities.
18/01/2017 - 11:37
New research from the Liberal Democrats has found that over 105,000 people have been on social housing waiting lists for five years.
18/01/2017 - 11:25
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has confirmed the start of a ‘phased return’ of powers to Tower Hamlets Council.
17/01/2017 - 14:15
More than 200 authorities have opted to join the Local Government Association’s (LGA’s) Public Sector Audit Appointments Ltd (PSAA), set up to manage council auditing contracts.
17/01/2017 - 13:01
Flintshire Council has voted to buy back a collection of former council houses, in report which confirmed the move was necessary to plug a growing gap in affordable homes.
17/01/2017 - 12:25
New research from Rural England has highlighted that rural communities are suffering from a ‘patchy’ provision of key services and has called for more to be done to fill the gaps.
16/01/2017 - 17:10
Property Partner has suggested that the 22,000 empty council-owned garages in London could be turned into 16,000 one bed flats.
16/01/2017 - 16:56
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced a funding pot of £29 million to help community and third sector projects tackle poverty.
16/01/2017 - 16:51
Glasgow City Council is to increase council tax for the first time since 2005, raising the figure by three per cent.
16/01/2017 - 12:36
The Timewise Foundation has awarded Croydon Council the accredited ‘Flexible Working Council’ title.
16/01/2017 - 11:04
Friends of the Earth Scotland has published a list of Scotland’s most polluted streets in 2016.
16/01/2017 - 10:19
To mark National Pothole Day 2017, the RSTA has published new facts and figures which highlight the deteriorating state of local roads.
