A County Councils Network (CCN) and Society of County Treasurers (SCT) survey asked 38 county and rural councils about their finances ahead of the chancellor’s Spending Review, with six in ten not being confident on balancing their budget next year.
The government has announced more than £1.5 billion extra support for accommodation for UK Armed Forces, which will be part of the upcoming Strategic Defence Review (SDR), and bring military accommodation funding up to £7 billion this Parliament.
The government has announced that the almost 60,000 workers paid under the minimum wage will be repaid over £7.4 million by their employers, which the government has named.
The Welsh government have made progress on providing more social homes for Swansea, having agreed the sale of plots of land.
In a bid to speed up the delivery of new reservoirs, Environment Secretary Steve Reed has seized control of the planning process to build two major
The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has published three regulatory judgements on the London Borough of Brent.
New electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints are set to come online across Portsmouth, thanks to Portsmouth City Council’s new partnership with chargepoint operator Zest.
Smaller and medium-sized housebuilders will benefit from loosening government regulations, to speed up development on smaller sites across the UK.
Councils across the country are taking part in a trial of a new AI tool called ‘Minute’ – part of the “Humphrey” suit
South Western Railway (SWR) services came back under public control on Sunday (25th May 2025), ending almost thirty years of privatisation.
The government has announced major changes that housebuilders must follow, which include developers having to declare delivery timeframes before they receive planning permission, ensuring that sites aren’t left half-finished for years.
The Tata Steel/ Port Talbot Transition Board, shared by Welsh secretary Jo Stevens, has announced £21.2 million for three new regeneration projects, set to bring an estimated £119 million in gross value added (GVA) benefits to the local economy.