Nearly 90 per cent of local authorities believe that current housing targets will be impossible to meet because of a lack of planning resources.

If the government does not act urgently to halt drastic funding cuts, local authorities could see 340 public libraries close in the next five years

Beating 26 other finalists, Blackburn town centre has beaten hundreds of high streets across the country to be named Britain’s best.

A new report argues that more needs to be done to build business confidence in the north following a year of increasing uncertainty.

Decades of employment failure is turning the West Midlands into Britain’s biggest employment blacks, a report claims.

The Local Government Association has urged the government to reverse the planned £600 million funding cut to the the education services grant.

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has approved almost £100 million funding for a city centre development in Coventry.

A public flood information centre in the Kirkstall area of Leeds is to open to provide advice and support to those at risk of flooding.

Councils in England and Wales could be given power to increase council taxes to fund the social care system, it has been reported.

Property website Rightmove has warned that prices for properties in the UK will rise by two per cent in 2017.

The Fire Brigades Union have warned that budget cuts are beginning to slowly undermine the effectiveness of fire services in England and Wales.

The campaign group Doctors Against Diesel have joined the argument for banning diesel vehicles in London.

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Event Diary

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UKREiiF has quickly become a must-attend in the industry calendar for Government departments and local authorities.

The organisers of the world’s largest dedicated hydrogen event, World Hydrogen 2024 Summit & Exhibition have announced it’s return to Rotterdam in May 2024, with an expansion of a whole extra summit day. Sustainable Energy Council (SEC) are partnering with the Government of the Netherlands, the Province of Zuid-Holland, the City of Rotterdam, and the Port of Rotterdam to host an extended, larger scale Summit in 2024, to expand the event to meet the surging demand.