Local authorities will still face a funding shortfall of £19 billion over the next five years, despite expected increases in council tax.
The government must recommit to closing the health gap between rich and poor and take action on ‘unacceptable’ health inequalities.
Rural areas will benefit from a series of government-funded trials to help them seize the potential of modern technology.
The LGA has warned that more than a million homes granted planning permission in the past decade have not yet been built.
Priti Patel has launched a new points-based immigration system, in a bid to ‘move away’ from relying on ‘cheap labour’ from Europe.
New research has found that closing a loophole in the UK’s asylum policy could benefit the public purse by millions of pounds each year.
An opportunity of a lifetime is slipping through our fingers, unless public land is used to provide genuinely affordable homes.
The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities has warned that the Scottish Government’s Budget will hit vulnerable communities the hardest.
A scheme is now available to Birmingham residents to install central heating for free into fuel poor and vulnerable homes.
New research from the Institute of Alcohol Studies has claimed that higher alcohol taxes could benefit disadvantaged groups.
Just over one per cent of government infrastructure spending in England will go towards flood defences.
The government will provide £16.6 million to 75 projects across England to help fund domestic abuse refuge services.
The Road Safety Trust is urging organisations to apply for a grant to explore how technology can improve road safety.
The Youth Select Committee says cuts to important services for vulnerable young people have caused a rise in knife crime.
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