The longstanding strategic partnership between Southampton City Council and Capita has come to an end.

Imam Qari Asim has been appointed as an independent adviser to provide expert advice on a definition of Islamophobia to the government.

Birmingham City Council has expressed its delight after the DfE said that a commissioner for the council’s children services was no longer required.

Commissioner reports that Blackpool Council’s children’s social care services should remain under local authority control.

Mid Devon District Council and Exeter City Council have teamed up to procure their fleet vehicles for the first time.

The value of parks in Birmingham, in terms of what they offer to all aspects of life in the city, has been calculated as £11 billion.

The government has pledged to end smoking in England by 2030 as part of a much-criticised green paper on ill health.

Jo Swinson has been elected new leader of the Liberal Democrats, becoming the party’s first female leader.

Three communities are set to be better protected against the impacts of flooding thanks to almost £3 million of government investment.

Andy Street has urged the government to urgently rethink part of the benefits system to protect the most vulnerable from becoming homeless.

Wiltshire Council has welcomed the first of a team of virtual assistants to its workforce.

New Electoral Commission figures reveal that more than 700 people were denied a vote for not having ID in May’s local elections.

Resources devoted to neighbourhood services across Britain have fallen by 27 per cent since 2010.

The government has unveiled new measures to end the segregation of social housing residents in mixed-tenure developments.

Report warns that the government must seek to broaden public spending allocations and undo ‘systemic bias’ against rural Britain.

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