09/03/2020 - 09:30
Ministers and mobile network operators are set to sign a £1 billion deal to make poor and patchy rural phone coverage a thing of the past.
09/03/2020 - 09:01
More than 3.6 million additional cars were licensed between 2009 and 2019, enough to cover the entire British coastline.
06/03/2020 - 14:17
Rishi Sunak is set to delay the government’s plan to work towards achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 until after the upcoming Budget.
06/03/2020 - 12:47
CIPFA has revealed that the typical council tax bill in England is set to rise by £64.65, or 3.7 per cent, in 2020/21.
06/03/2020 - 12:06
The NAO has revealed that government departments have spent at least £4.4 billion preparing for the UK’s exit from the EU.
06/03/2020 - 11:50
A cross-party group of MPs have launched a new parliamentary inquiry into bus services in shire counties and rural areas.
06/03/2020 - 10:43
Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced a new grant scheme of up to £2 million to boost shared values and tackle hate crime.
06/03/2020 - 10:38
The most growth-enhancing items of public spending are skewed towards London and other regions that are already productive.
06/03/2020 - 09:59
The government should invest £32 billion over the next 20 years on new transport in some of the UK’s most congested cities.
06/03/2020 - 09:45
A new £6.5 million English language programme to help local authorities meet the English language needs of their communities.
06/03/2020 - 09:30
The Local Government Association has warned that local services in England face an overall funding gap of almost £6.5 billion by 2025.
05/03/2020 - 11:52
An energy centre will use waste heat from the London Underground to provide heating and hot water to more than 1,350 homes in Islington.
05/03/2020 - 10:51
The Centre for Ageing Better has revealed that more than two million over-55s are living in a home that endangers their health or well-being.
05/03/2020 - 09:47
Government cuts have heightened public hygiene problems with the closure of more than a fifth of public toilets in Britain during the past decade.
05/03/2020 - 07:00
A new CCN report has warned the government that it cannot overlook shire counties in its ‘levelling up’ agenda.
