£24 million educational boost for North East

Gavin Williamson has said that £24 million of government investment will drive up school standards in the North East.

75 job losses to fund Blackpool’s children’s services

Blackpool Council has said it will invest an extra £14 million in its troubled children’s services by axing up to 75 jobs.

Redbridge first in the UK to offer youth crime therapy

A family therapy service aimed at preventing youth crime has been launched in Redbridge, making it a UK first.

Flood grants based on ‘obscene postcode lottery’

Hundreds of flooded households will not receive promised compensation funding because of an ‘obscene postcode lottery’.

Portsmouth announces its ‘greenest budget ever’

Plans for spending in Portsmouth detail a proposed £37 million to be invested in environmentally friendly projects.

Net zero impossible unless government attitude changes

A new report says that reducing energy demand must be central to UK energy policy to cut carbon at the scale necessary.

Thousands of new street trees for across London

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced that thousands of new street trees will be planted in 20 boroughs across the capital.

£1bn to support small and medium sized builders

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has given the green light to £1 billion in finance to support small and medium sized builders.

£7 million government investment for youth projects

Youth projects across the country will receive a share of a £7 million investment from the Youth Accelerator Fund.

Spending with small businesses up by almost £2bn

The Cabinet Office has revealed that for the year 2018/19, government spending with small and medium size firms rose to £14.2 billion.

£853 million scammed through blue badge misuse each year

A new study has revealed that unscrupulous drivers are scamming close to a billion pounds each year from UK councils.

£112 million rough sleeping funding for councils

More rough sleepers will be helped off the streets as a result of an extra £112 million funding allocation for councils.

Former 'red wall' areas could miss out on council funding

The upcoming reallocation of council funding could redirect millions from so-called left-behind communities in the north to southern shires.

Annual bus journeys in England fall by 15 per cent

A new report has found that journeys by bus have declined by 15 per cent outside of London in the last 10 years.

Leisure centres in need of urgent investment

The LGA has revealed that nearly two thirds of leisure centres across England are outdated and in need of urgent new investment from government.

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