25/02/2016 - 11:45
The Education and Adoption Bill, allowing quicker intervention when a school is coasting or failing, has been approved by Parliament and is due to be passed to Her Majesty the Queen for royal assent.
25/02/2016 - 11:43
Councils are reducing HIV services and leaving people with little or no support in their local towns, according to a campaign launched by a group of charities.
24/02/2016 - 11:46
According to a report published by The Children’s Society, young carers are not being provided with enough early support from schools and local authorities.
24/02/2016 - 11:45
According to a joint report by Nesta, Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big Lottery Fund, new models for maintaining and financing public parks could offer viable alternatives for Britain’s parks to remain sustainable.
23/02/2016 - 11:41
New powers to raise council tax to support social care in 2016/17 will not raise enough to fix the current shortfall of funding, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.
23/02/2016 - 11:38
Local authorities have cut spending on CCTV by 46.6 per cent on average over the last three years, according to a report from Big Brother Watch.
23/02/2016 - 11:37
Roger Phillips has been named as the new chair of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Advisory Board, taking over from Joanne Segars.
22/02/2016 - 15:42
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on fizzy drink companies to display the sugar content of their products in teaspoons.
22/02/2016 - 15:40
Creating a new tax on land in London could lead to the construction of more than 200,000 homes, according to a report conducted by Labour London Assembly member Tom Copley.
22/02/2016 - 11:35
Liverpool City Council has announced new regulations which mean foster carers working directly under the authority will be exempt from paying council tax.
22/02/2016 - 11:31
The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that 90 per cent of job centres will offer the benefit of Universal Credit, helping people to work faster and earn more.
22/02/2016 - 11:24
John Cridland, chairman of Transport for the North, has said there is no guarantee that investing billions into the Northern Powerhouse project will help the North of England, the BBC has reported.
