Birmingham City Council’s Independent Improvement Panel (IIP) has said the authority will need 'bold and tenacious' leadership to deliver its latest financial plans.
George Freeman, policy unit head to Prime Minister Theresa May, has called for a reform of personal independence payments (PIPs), to ensure the benefits are received by individuals who are ‘really disabled’.
The Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) has announced new measures to support Britain’s world-leading AI sector as part of a Digital Strategy, due to published on 1 March, to boost growth and deliver a ‘thriving, outward-looking digital economy that works for everyone’.
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has launched an advertising campaign to raise lowest paid workers’ knowledge of their
The Electoral Commission will investigate the spending returns of the Stronger In and Vote Leave campaigns from 2016’s EU referendum.
Plans to create less polluted cities need to go further if targets to reduce increasing levels of harmful pollutants are to be met.
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has announced a government cash boost of £191 million for the South West to help create jobs, support businesses and encourage growth.
Councillors from Aberdeen City Council have decided against increasing council tax and have become one of the largest councils to opt to freeze the rate instead.
Oxfordshire County Council has criticised NHS proposals to save £200 million, claiming the plans are lacking information.
West Lothian Council has become the fourth local authority to confirm plans to freeze the basic rate of council tax.
The Department for Transport is awarding £4 million for tech projects that will help cut congestion, speed up journeys and clean up the environment
A report by the Public Accounts Committee has urged the Department for Work & Pensions to review the use of sanctions.
Nicola Sturgeon has announced almost £10 million of funding to support local organisations across Scotland to tackle climate change.
Four libraries in Liverpool are facing closure as a result of cuts, meaning the city will have lost over half of its libraries in the last two years.
Figures obtained by Action on Hearing Loss Cymru has indicated that spending on specialist equipment for people who have hearing loss has been cut by an average of 15 per cent over the past four years.