03/06/2021 - 14:11
New guidance for public bodies stresses that opportunities for local growth should be taken into account when awarding public contracts.
03/06/2021 - 09:29
Care leavers and homeless people could receive extra housing support thanks to changes to housing benefits.
01/06/2021 - 09:18
Councils have expressed concern for families on the ‘cliff-edge’ of becoming homeless as the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions ends.
28/05/2021 - 10:29
Elected members on the City of Edinburgh Council have agreed options for investing £21 million in one-off additional funding.
28/05/2021 - 09:37
A narrow focus in the government’s levelling-up agenda which bypasses rural and shire counties risks England’s economic recovery from coronavirus.
27/05/2021 - 11:28
The government is holding a further technical consultation this summer on its proposed changes to parking charges.
26/05/2021 - 10:15
Generation Rent has estimated that almost 700,000 thousand private renters have received a section 21 eviction in the last year.
26/05/2021 - 09:47
The Labour Party has estimated that more than half a million children have become eligible for free school meals during the pandemic.
24/05/2021 - 09:20
New funding has been introduced for councils to extend support to care leavers, worth £51 million.
21/05/2021 - 12:58
Housing Minister Christopher Pincher has announced that a new national design code is being tested across 14 areas in England.
21/05/2021 - 10:16
A new report has warned that councils, businesses and communities could be losing out on vital financial support from central government.
21/05/2021 - 06:48
£118 million for disadvantaged pupils could be lost from school budgets this year due to a change in how Pupil Premium funding is calculated.
20/05/2021 - 11:54
The new Government Consulting Hub has been launched to boost internal expertise across government, saving the taxpayer money.
20/05/2021 - 11:34
The End Child Poverty Coalition has revealed that, even before the pandemic, the majority of children are growing up in poverty in some parts of the UK.
20/05/2021 - 11:22
Further measures have been announced to help ensure taxpayers get value for money by improving the transparency of local government audit.
