20/02/2017 - 10:26
The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that council tax rises in 2017/18 will not bring in enough money to prevent the need for further cuts to local services over the coming year.
20/02/2017 - 10:04
The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that pothole levels are likely to surge because of a spike in levels of heavier lorries wearing down roads.
20/02/2017 - 09:36
Prison officers from 31 prisons in London and south-east England are set to receive pay rises of up to £5,000, in a bid to encourage more recruits to join the service.
17/02/2017 - 13:00
Figures have shown that thousands of businesses across the country are set to benefit from falls in their business rates bills.
17/02/2017 - 12:07
76 projects across the country will receive a share of £20 million government funding to support victims of domestic abuse.
17/02/2017 - 11:07
Liverpool City Council has revealed budget cuts of £90 million over the next three years after seeing a 68 per cent reduction in funding.
16/02/2017 - 12:10
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has published a list naming 360 businesses who have underpaid 15,520 workers a total of £995,233.
16/02/2017 - 11:06
A new report from Age UK has concluded that the UK is living on borrowed time to save the social care system for older people.
16/02/2017 - 10:42
Home Secretary Amber Rudd has announced a £40 million package of government measures to protect children and young people from sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking, and to crack down on offenders.
16/02/2017 - 10:25
Dundee City Council has announced plans to increase council tax by 2.5 per cent.
15/02/2017 - 11:18
Analysis by BBC News has shown that one in three new build properties outside London were bought through the Help to Buy scheme.
15/02/2017 - 10:56
Warrington Borough Council’s executive board has approved plans for a devolution deal with Cheshire, with a final decision due in July.
15/02/2017 - 10:41
The current employment rate is 74.6 per cent – the highest employment rate since records began in 1971.
15/02/2017 - 10:29
A new report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has revealed that nearly a third of the UK population is living on an ‘inadequate’ income.
14/02/2017 - 10:10
Information collated via a BBC Freedom of Information (FoI) request has found that councils in England have paid out over £35 million in compensation fees to tenants living in unfit council homes, over the past five years.
