09/03/2017 - 10:11
The UK’s most vulnerable tenants are being pushed out of the private rental market as a result of rising rents and benefit cuts.
08/03/2017 - 15:24
Chancellor Philip Hammond has presented the 2017 Spring Budget, including support for business rates and a tax hike for the self-employed.
08/03/2017 - 15:19
Chancellor Philip Hammond has presented the 2017 Spring Budget, with aims announced to ease congestion on local roads.
08/03/2017 - 15:01
Chancellor Philip Hammond has presented the 2017 Spring Budget, with the announcement of additional funding for free schools.
08/03/2017 - 14:58
Chancellor Philip Hammond has presented his Budget, revealing that a further devolution deal agreed with Sadiq Khan.
08/03/2017 - 14:53
The Chancellor has presented the Budget, with the announcement of £2 billion to be spent on social care over the next three years.
08/03/2017 - 11:03
The BBC has obtained a leaked recording of David Hodge, leader of Surrey Council, saying he struck a deal with the government before scrapping a 15 per cent council tax hike.
07/03/2017 - 11:42
New polling by the Local Government Association (LGA) has shown that 78 per cent of MPs believe that additional funding should go to councils' social care budgets.
06/03/2017 - 11:38
The Local Government Association (LGA), has called on the government to use the Spring Budget to free councils from borrowing limits hampering their ability to build new homes, citing that local authorities are forced to spend £2 million per day on providing temporary accommodation.
06/03/2017 - 10:58
Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced that vocational and technical education in England will receive an extra £500 million per year in a bid to train more skilled workers and boost the economy.
03/03/2017 - 10:54
New figures show that councils will have to spend £50 million to clear litter, as incidents of fly-tipping continue to increase.
03/03/2017 - 09:32
New analysis of ONS data reveals that the number of people on controversial zero hours contracts has reached a record high of 910,000.
01/03/2017 - 11:49
Newcastle City Council will extend an innovative scheme that uses smart technology to help manage traffic flow.
28/02/2017 - 11:09
The cabinet of Cornwall Council has voted eight to one in favour of going ahead with the bid for Truro-Cornwall to be European Capital of Culture in 2023.
28/02/2017 - 10:17
Baroness McGregor-Smith has cited that the UK economy could benefit from a £24 billion-a-year boost if black and minority ethnic (BME) people progressed in work at the same rate as their white counterparts.
