A major review has said that new planning rules should be produced for sites with more than 1,500 homes to speed up build out rates.
Ofsted has judged children’s services at Bradford Council as inadequate, with children in need of protection left ‘at risk of serious harm’.
Councils could generate £320 billion over the next 50 years if they were able to build a ‘new generation’ of high-quality council housing.
Local councils in England are to receive an extra £420 million to tackle the pothole crisis, as part of the Budget announcement.
Housing Minister Heather Wheeler has announced plans to tighten health and safety standards for rental accommodation.
A pioneering project from the WMCA and local councils is set to target five town centres to transform and revitalise the way they operate.
Andy Burnham has claimed that Greater Manchester needs similar day-to-day powers over the running of transport as London.
The number of children supported through a child protection plan has undergone the biggest annual increase in four years.
The overwhelming majority of people have not made any plans for how they will pay for adult social care in older age.
A landmark government scheme will see see leading businesses support care leavers to raise their career aspirations.
Government departments, emergency services and local authorities will gain free access to thousands of high-resolution satellite images of Britain.
Thousands of SEND children could lose daily support unless the government continues to provide extra funding for maintained nursery schools.
To help it deal with its budget dilemmas, Newcastle City Council has launched an online budget simulator to tackle £20 million of cuts.
80 per cent English councils are now using public cloud services to some extent, although stumbling blocks are still preventing optimum use.
The Alzheimer’s Society has warned that the general public are unaware of the costs of dementia care, with many believing it is free on the NHS.