Interserve has revealed that it is in need of a second rescue deal from the government as it struggles with £500 million of debt.
Ministers have announced that the entire country will be able to benefit from developing a local Industrial Strategy.
Nottinghamshire councillors are set to decide whether to press ahead with a formal public consultation on plans to create a new unitary authority.
Housing charity Shelter has claimed that more than 130,000 children across Great Britain will spend Christmas in temporary accommodation.
£250,000 will help people with disabilities run for elected office in next year’s council elections.
Council leaders have demanded that a forthcoming cut in funding of £1.3 billion is cancelled to stop an impending ‘catastrophic collapse’.
Food policy experts have written to every UK council advising them to set up ‘food resilience teams’ to prepare for different Brexit scenarios.
The government has taken over Northamptonshire County Council’s children's services department.
More than 400,000 people have been able to buy their first home thanks to the government’s Help to Buy schemes.
28,100 local authority jobs have been lost in Wales since 2010 as a result of severe spending cuts driven by the UK Westminster government.
New financial penalties of up to £400 for householders who fail to properly give their waste to a licensed carrier are coming in to force.
Just four per cent of London’s high rise council housing blocks have sprinklers installed, 18 months after the Grenfell Tower fire.
The government has announced it has approved Nottingham City Council’s new plan to tackle air pollution in Nottingham city centre.
David Lidington is announcing new measures to deliver better public services and use procurement contracts as a ‘force for good’.
Latest figures show that there were 75,420 looked-after children in England at the end of March this year.