31/07/2018 - 12:41
The number of vehicles on England’s clogged roads has risen by nearly two and a half million in the last five years.
31/07/2018 - 12:04
121,500 first-time buyers have saved a total of £284,000,000 thanks to the government’s cut to stamp duty.
31/07/2018 - 10:41
The LGA has launched a nationwide consultation on how to pay for adult social care and rescue care services from collapse.
27/07/2018 - 09:26
Social care must remain a local service and the government should ‘not be swayed’ by arguments to combine all of social care into the NHS.
26/07/2018 - 10:10
Local councils and government bodies are often worse than consumer creditors, can be very aggressive and quick to use bailiffs.
25/07/2018 - 10:10
The government has announced that more councils are being invited to apply for powers to retain the growth in their business rates.
25/07/2018 - 09:57
Bristol City Council and Bath & North East Somerset Council will develop a Parks Foundation to support public parks across the two cities.
24/07/2018 - 15:37
Northamptonshire County Council has issued a second Section 114 notice due to the ongoing financial crisis facing the authority.
24/07/2018 - 15:30
Ministers have put forward new proposals for LEPs to supercharge economic growth and drive forward investment in local businesses.
24/07/2018 - 11:19
Public Health England has reported that levels of severe obesity in children aged 10 to 11 years have reached the highest point since records began
24/07/2018 - 11:01
James Brokenshire has announced that the government will end the intervention into Rotherham Council three years after calling in inspectors.
24/07/2018 - 10:35
Local authorities have failed to prioritise palliative and end of life care, despite the health care challenges posed by a rapidly ageing population.
24/07/2018 - 09:38
Having announced similar plans last year, Theresa May has revealed wage increases for about one million workers in the public sector.
23/07/2018 - 16:27
£4.5 million announced for programmes to refer NHS patients to local community services such as walking clubs, gardening or arts activities.
23/07/2018 - 12:28
The LGiU has launched its Local Finance Scorecard to encourage a debate on local government finance and funding post 2020.
