The Labour party has accused the government of ‘attempting to shift the burden’ of local government cuts onto struggling families.

The government will support new legislation to protect drivers from unscrupulous private parking operators.

Under plans to modernise elections in Wales, those aged 16 and 17 could soon be able to cast their vote in council elections.

Ofsted has given Rotherham Council an overall ‘Good’ rating in its latest inspection, following on from its child sexual exploitation scandal.

Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council have launched a new metal recycling campaign.

Manchester City Council has announced plans to undertake major refurbishment works to transform the Ben Street residential area.

Southwark Council will cut its investments in fossil fuels by agreeing to move £150 million into the Blackrock Low Carbon Target Equity Fund.

Despite social care pressures, Staffordshire County Council has announced that a record £310 million will be spent on care this year.

The Auditor General for Wales has said that councils need to improve the governance and financial management arrangements they have in place.

Glasgow City Council is to stop using plastic straws in a bid to prevent tens of thousands of plastic straws a year going to landfill.

The RAC has recorded an 11 per cent increase in breakdowns caused by poor quality roads in the last three months of 2017.

The Communities and Local Government and Health Committees have launched a joint inquiry on the long-term funding of adult social care.

Northamptonshire County Council have proposed a plan to sell its new £53 million One Angel Square headquarters, which officially opened in October.

Rough sleeping in England has increased for the seventh year in a row, despite the government investing £550 million to address the issue.

The CCN has warned that new freedoms to raise council tax will only raise one tenth of the amount being cut from county council budgets.

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