Jake Berry has announced the appointment of a panel of experts to diagnose issues that currently affect the health of our high streets.
The amount of waste managed by local authorities and sent to incinerators has tripled since 2010, while recycling rates have stalled.
Hull City Council will see smart bins introduced across the city in a ground breaking pilot project to improve waste collection.
Nottinghamshire County Council is to prepare a formal case to replace its current two-tier system of local government with a new unitary authority.
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman upheld 57 per cent of the investigations into complaints against councils last year.
A new report has argued that UK cities need more powers from the government if they are going to be able to address current digital divides.
Technology advances in public services requires effective leadership, organisational engagement, and insightful risk management, says CIPFA.
Two new energy tariffs by Our Power, offering a choice of affordable energy deals, have been supported by Bath and North East Somerset Council.
Nottingham City Council has claimed that existing measures already under way to improve air quality mean a Clean Air Zone is no longer being considered.
The IFS has revealed that total school spending per pupil in England fell by approximately eight per cent in real terms between 2010 and 2018.
The CCS has launched the Facilities Management Marketplace agreement - the first agreement under the new, simplified Public Sector Contract.
A new strategy is being launched across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to significantly improve mobile, broadband and public Wi-Fi coverage.
County councillors in Oxfordshire have approved a proposal for a joint chief executive with Cherwell District Council.
A new report to transform Newcastle into the UK’s leading ‘smart city’ will be considered by Newcastle City Council’s cabinet.
In its rush to convert large numbers of schools to academies, the government has failed to learn the lessons from high-profile academy failures.