A new report has said that devolution plans should be re-assessed to ensure financially disadvantaged areas aren’t set even further back.

Newly released figures have shown that more than 312,000 households have now benefited from government-backed home ownership schemes.

A public consultation has found that transport is a top priority for the West Midlands Combined Authority.

Hundreds of nursery schools could close if the government presses ahead with plans to offer 30 hours a week of free childcare, the NAHT has warned.

A new £40 million entrepreneur fund backed by the British Business Bank has been announced by Small Business Minister Margot James.

A new report has suggested that UK’s cities are lagging behind their European counterparts in terms of skills, productivity and innovation.

Council leaders have praised a judicial review which ruled that councils should remain exempt from VAT on commercial waste collections.

Former Conservative Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has said that the NHS should get a ‘Brexit bonus’ of £5 billion a year.

Malcolm Harrison has been appointed chief executive of Crown Commercial Service (CCS), effective from 1 November 2016.

More small and medium-sized businesses have negative attitudes about future business plans than positive for the first time in four years.

Southwark Council has said it is seeking a judicial review over the government’s decision to block a compulsory purchase order (CPO) on Aylesbury Estate, as part of the council’s wider plans for a regeneration scheme.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called for more control over taxes and public services, akin to those given to the mayors of Chicago and New York.

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