Swansea Council is coming to the end of its PATCH road repair programme for 2017/18, which has seen more than 1,240 tonnes of tar used to repair roads.

After awarding £48 million worth of contracts to SMEs last year, Nottingham City Council has pledged to continue to support smaller suppliers.

Blackpool Council is set to become the first local authority to manage its own water supply following its licence application to Ofwat.

The government should do more to support the increasing provision of private rented accommodation by housing associations and local authorities.

The Labour party has accused the government of ‘attempting to shift the burden’ of local government cuts onto struggling families.

The government will support new legislation to protect drivers from unscrupulous private parking operators.

Labour has promised to tackle the scandal of rough sleeping by pledging 8,000 affordable homes for people with a history of sleeping on the streets.

Southwark Council will cut its investments in fossil fuels by agreeing to move £150 million into the Blackrock Low Carbon Target Equity Fund.

Despite social care pressures, Staffordshire County Council has announced that a record £310 million will be spent on care this year.

The Auditor General for Wales has said that councils need to improve the governance and financial management arrangements they have in place.

The RAC has recorded an 11 per cent increase in breakdowns caused by poor quality roads in the last three months of 2017.

Northamptonshire County Council have proposed a plan to sell its new £53 million One Angel Square headquarters, which officially opened in October.

The CCN has warned that new freedoms to raise council tax will only raise one tenth of the amount being cut from county council budgets.

The government plans to spend £1.1 million per mile to maintain its strategic road network in the next few years, but only £21,000 per mile for the local roads.

Hackney Council has announced plans to build modern new homes at a genuinely affordable living rent, saving renters £10,000 a year.

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