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.

New figures show that councils will have to spend £50 million to clear litter, as incidents of fly-tipping continue to increase.

Newcastle City Council will extend an innovative scheme that uses smart technology to help manage traffic flow.

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.

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 Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has launched an advertising campaign to raise lowest paid workers’ knowledge of their

Plans to create less polluted cities need to go further if targets to reduce increasing levels of harmful pollutants are to be met.