24/03/2017 - 12:20
UK police data has revealed that English council elections attracted the most electoral fraud reports in 2016, twice as many as the EU referendum.
24/03/2017 - 11:33
Swindon Council has set aside £600,000 over the next three years to help improve educational outcomes set out in its Swindon Challenge strategy.
24/03/2017 - 11:20
Official statistics have shown that council tax in England is on average £171 higher than that of Wales.
23/03/2017 - 11:08
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for ‘full flexibility’ in how they use the £2 billion in new social care funding announced in the Budget, ahead of guidance due to be published by government on how it should be spent.
23/03/2017 - 10:32
The Local Government Association (LGA) has launched a 16-week programme in partnership with the Design Council to support six local authorities in London with inventing workable solutions to high priority issues affecting their local communities.
23/03/2017 - 10:14
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and Arts Council England has announced that 30 local authorities’ libraries services from across the country will receive a total of £3.9 million from the Libraries Opportunities for Everyone Innovation fund.
23/03/2017 - 10:02
Christchurch Borough Council has voted in favour of a proposed referendum on local government reorganisation in Dorset.
23/03/2017 - 09:50
Edinburgh City Council has been criticised for the way it handled complaints about a poster advertising scheme, introduced in 2003.
22/03/2017 - 10:16
A new report by Localis has argued for an industrial strategy which provides local areas the support and space to lead from the front in their economic renewal.
22/03/2017 - 09:50
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has cited over 6,000 uses of community rights, protecting over 4,000 buildings, green spaces and other local assets.
22/03/2017 - 09:39
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has confirmed the return of further powers to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, two years after the government took over the running of services.
22/03/2017 - 09:26
Justice Secretary Elizabeth Truss has unveiled plans for four new prisons in England and Wales, creating 5,000 modern prison places to replace old and overcrowded establishments.
