30/05/2019 - 10:00
Planning needs to be more joined up across the North to bring growth and prosperity to neglected towns and communities.
30/05/2019 - 09:17
Campaigners are to deliver a 13,000-signature petition to Downing Street, arguing that special needs funding is failing to keep pace with demand.
29/05/2019 - 12:00
There will be a social care funding gap of £4.4 billion in England in 2023/24 to meet rising demand and address critical staffing shortages.
29/05/2019 - 11:47
If recent spending trajectories continue, a number of English councils risk running out of cash reserves within four years.
29/05/2019 - 09:24
The IFS has reported that overall spending on local services by English councils fell by 21 per cent between 2009-10 and 2017-18.
29/05/2019 - 07:00
Councils will need to spend £6.1bn per year more in 2025 on adult social care services compared to what they were spending a decade ago.
28/05/2019 - 17:03
New IFS analysis finds that council tax is hitting the poorest residents far harder than it does the wealthiest.
28/05/2019 - 09:07
The government has produced a practical guide highlighting all the council tax discounts and exemptions.
24/05/2019 - 12:31
Knowsley Council has confirmed that it has started negotiations to purchase the company’s assets in Kirkby town centre.
22/05/2019 - 11:36
Homes England has agreed funding deals with 12 local authorities to deliver 4,000 homes across England.
22/05/2019 - 09:32
Up to 40 new areas will benefit from £15 million to expand promising innovative approaches to keeping families safely together.
22/05/2019 - 07:00
Local authorities are warning that they will have to resort to providing the ‘bare minimum’ if no extra funding is made available this year.
20/05/2019 - 10:55
Communities Minister Lord Bourne has confirmed that 16 trailblazing projects across the country are set to receive £3 million of new funding.
20/05/2019 - 09:35
The Culture Secretary has announced new funding will bring old buildings back into use and turn them into offices, housing and creative spaces.
20/05/2019 - 09:22
Michael Gove has announced that a new £10 million plan will see more than 130,000 trees planted across England’s towns and cities.
