21/10/2020 - 16:34
The Chancellor has decided to conduct a one-year Spending Review in order to prioritise the response to coronavirus.
21/10/2020 - 11:06
The Centre for Policy Studies has set out nine ideas which would deliver £30 billion a year to the Treasury without impacting frontline services.
20/10/2020 - 11:40
Housing Minister Kelly Tolhurst has announced new funding for supported housing pilots in priority areas.
20/10/2020 - 09:06
An extension to the Energy Price Cap is set to help 11 million households from being overcharged on their energy bills.
19/10/2020 - 06:40
Labour has called on the government to extend the provision of free school meals until the Spring – or face a Commons vote on the issue.
14/10/2020 - 10:02
End Child Poverty coalition says that child poverty has risen most sharply in parts of the Midlands and Northern towns and cities.
13/10/2020 - 08:36
The government has announced a new £10 million Cold Weather Fund to support councils get rough sleepers off the streets during the winter.
12/10/2020 - 14:31
More than 1,300 arts and cultural organisations are expected to benefit from a share of £257 million from the Culture Recovery Fund.
12/10/2020 - 08:24
Robert Jenrick has admitted that he and Jake Berry approved payments to towns in each other’s constituencies from a fund earmarked for deprived areas.
12/10/2020 - 08:06
Nine in 10 major local authorities in England do not have enough money to cover their spending plans this year.
09/10/2020 - 09:12
Leeds City Council has announced a transformational new programme to improve council housing and cut the city’s carbon footprint.
09/10/2020 - 08:28
Councils received at least 448 individual government grants between 2015-19 in an increasingly ‘fragmented’ use of public funding.
09/10/2020 - 08:19
Power must be rebalanced around the needs of local places to achieve the government’s aim of levelling up, says news LGiU report.
08/10/2020 - 08:10
Local councils will receive additional funding to step up their enforcement of coronavirus rules to help tackle a rise in infections.
05/10/2020 - 13:50
Extra support will be given to councils to help them to ensure domestic abuse victims and their families get the vital help they need.
