The NDNA has said that more attractive retail jobs are luring qualified nursery practitioners away from working with young children.
Birmingham and the West Midlands region will benefit from a £778 million investment to stage the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The government lacks a clear plan explaining how they will meet their highly ambitious 300,000 new homes a year target.
Council leaders have said that more than a billion pounds of taxpayers’ money has been saved by councils sharing services.
20 per cent of local government leaders and 29 per cent of MPs were privately educated.
The Royal Town Planning Institute has estimated that over 13,000 new homes were delivered by English local authorities last year.
Oxford City Council has launched a new joint partnership with OxAir to develop greater insights in to residents’ daily exposure to air pollution.
Contractors have begun work on creating Liverpool city centre’s first dedicated bus hub, to tackle congestion and cut air pollution.
DHSC has revealed the five local councils, with forward-thinking ideas to address childhood obesity, who will receive funding.
Despite growing awareness of climate change, Sustrans has said that UK families are still pushed to use petrol vehicles on days out.
New proposals to tackle flood risk and coastal erosion through ‘green infrastructure’ have been set out by the Welsh Government.
The amount of grant funding required to deliver the affordable homes Londoners desperately need sits at £4.9 billion a year.
Andy Burnham has launched Our Network, Manchester’s ten-year plan to create an integrated, modern and accessible public transport system.
Local government funding cuts are disproportionately hitting areas that have the highest numbers of deaths among homeless people.
The LGA has issued a water safety warning ahead of rising temperatures when casual swimmers may be tempted to take a dip in open water.