Battle for support undermining adopted children

Adoption UK has revealed that adopted children are twice as likely not to be in employment, education or training (NEET) as their peers.

New £15m fund to transform high streets

The Transforming Places Through Heritage fund has opened to reinvigorate England’s high streets and town centres.

Pilot scheme launched to recover unpaid council tax

Birmingham City Council is one of 29 local authorities chosen to pilot a scheme that will help local councils recover unpaid council tax.

G-Cloud 11 goes live with 4,200 suppliers

Thousands of small businesses have won the chance to bid to supply cloud computing services to government bodies.

Homeless 60 times more likely to visit A&E

Homeless people in England are 60 times more likely to visit A&E in a year than the general population.

Councils fear funding for legal duties will run out

A third of councils fear they will run out of funding to provide their statutory services by the end of this Parliament.

Hundreds of children go missing in North East every year

A BBC investigation has discovered that more than 100 children go missing from council-run care in the North East every year.

High streets funding boost of over £100,000

High Streets Minister Jake Berry has announced the four local communities set to receive a funding boost of a share of over £100,000.

Childcare risks becoming the preserve of the wealthy

Childcare in England risks becoming the preserve of the wealthy, unless a £660 million funding gap in a free childcare scheme is plugged.

£394.5 million investment for Borderlands

David Mundell has announced a £394.5 million investment into the five local authority areas of the Scottish Borderlands.

Councils to make a £913m surplus from parking

English councils are predicting that they will collectively make a £913 million surplus from their parking activities in the current financial year.

Young people half as likely to own a home

A new report by the Local Government Association has found that young people today are half as likely to own a home as they were 20 years ago.

560 child mental health cases every day

The LGA has revealed that local social services are seeing more than 560 cases of children with mental health disorders every day.

MPs suggest five-year fund to tackle potholes

A five-year funding settlement is the only way local authorities will be able to address deteriorating local roads network, say MPs.

Local service investment needed to prevent crime

Council leaders have said that there is an urgent need to invest in local services which protect and support young people.

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