05/07/2017 - 11:00
A new report has highlighted that an increasing number of local authorities are acquiring property for investment purposes.
05/07/2017 - 10:52
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has launched a new strategy to address how local roads will benefit from a multi-billion pound fund.
04/07/2017 - 11:00
A £2.3 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund has been launched by Sajid Javid to help unlock 100,000 new homes in areas of high demand.
04/07/2017 - 10:53
A new report is encouraging the government to devolve public spending and tax raising powers to rural areas.
04/07/2017 - 10:39
The LGA has warned that local government will have lost 75p out of every £1 of core central government funding that it had to spend in 2015.
04/07/2017 - 10:25
The experimental tram-train linking Sheffield and Rotherham is expected to be delivered three years late and five times over budget.
04/07/2017 - 09:42
A council leader has urged for local authorities to have the power to impose tariffs on developers to provide cash for more affordable housing.
03/07/2017 - 11:46
The skills gap is costing UK businesses more than £2 billion a year in higher salaries, recruitment costs and temporary staffing.
03/07/2017 - 11:18
The LGA has warned that 14 per cent of private renters are spending more than half of their total income on rent.
30/06/2017 - 15:23
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has launched the search for the first-ever London Borough of Culture, inviting 32 boroughs to bid for cultural funding.
30/06/2017 - 09:39
The Department for Transport has unveiled a £6.1 billion programme of road improvements.
30/06/2017 - 09:00
A new study has revealed that those who rent their homes for longer have more symptoms of depression and lower levels of well-being.
28/06/2017 - 11:09
Damaging cuts to UK social care will continue this year despite the government investing an extra £1 billion to halt the deterioration in services.
28/06/2017 - 10:21
The Labour Party will table an amendment to the Queen's Speech calling for the one per cent public sector pay cap to end.
28/06/2017 - 09:59
Council homes are being sold off almost three times faster than local authorities can replace them.
