Minister for Children and Families Robert Goodwill has launched a £20 million initiative to improve the lives of vulnerable children and families.

Greater Manchester will receive almost £3.8 million to develop a new city region-wide approach to prevent homelessness and reduce rough sleeping.

A new report highlights examples of practice and areas for improvement for how councils in Wales are managing service change.

A new report has argued for radical change to give cities a constitutional role in directly tackling the issues of local government finances.

The Cabinet Office has revealed that SMEs benefited from £12.2 billion worth of central government spending in 2015 to 2016.

Up to £557 million for less established renewable electricity projects as part of the government’s Clean Growth Strategy.

New survey shows that over half of UK councils expect to overspend their adult social care budgets this year by up to nearly £21 million each.

One million households will save £120 a year when Ofgem extends its prepayment safeguard tariff for more vulnerable people this winter.

Local authorities could annually save up to £35 million if a deposit refund system for drinks containers was introduced in England.

The West Midlands Bus Alliance has signed an agreement to encourage further high standards of service and reliability for the region's buses.

An annual report for Cambridge City Council has highlighted how the city is reducing carbon emissions from its buildings and operations.

A new report has said that the governments’ failure to properly fund social care is leaving millions of people at risk of losing vital support.

76 per cent of councils in England with responsibility for waste collections run fortnightly general rubbish rounds for some or all households.

Bath & North East Somerset Council has announced plans for a new approach for the delivery of a network of community run libraries.

Hampshire County Council is replacing 75 per cent of light fittings in its buildings with low energy LEDs.

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