14/10/2020 - 09:16
Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has called for a short lockdown or ‘circuit-breaker’ in England of two to three weeks.
13/10/2020 - 14:35
Hackney Council has announced that it has been the target of a serious cyber attack, which is affecting many of its services and IT systems.
13/10/2020 - 10:28
A new report has argued that the so-called 'hardest to reach' may hold a key to pandemic recovery, but are not being listened to.
13/10/2020 - 09:30
There has been extremely high demand for Free School Meals this Autumn, highlighting the hard-hitting socio-economic consequences of coronavirus.
12/10/2020 - 10:21
Doctors have called for clearer additional coronavirus measures, including making the wearing of face masks mandatory in all offices.
12/10/2020 - 08:45
Plans to hand greater control of Covid-19 contact tracing to town halls will come too late, say public health officials.
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 - 09:49
Birmingham's Clean Air Zone has been given an approved launch date of June 2021 by the government, following several delays.
09/10/2020 - 09:25
Only half of teachers say their school can offer pupils on-site mental health counselling in wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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 - 11:16
Four Core City UK leaders and mayors have written to Health Secretary Matt Hancock calling for a local approach to bring down infection rates.
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.
