As part of the ten year anniversary of the 2007 floods, Hull City Council has created a new voluntary scheme for community flood wardens.

Care workers are compromising the dignity and well-being of the people they look after, a new survey has found.

Following the recent General Election, county leaders are urging the government to avoid ‘kicking social care reform into the long grass’.

Birmingham City Council has launched a consultation on a new system for providing early years services for children and families in the city.

New figures have revealed that more than a quarter of children in care in Wales were placed in new homes outside of their county.

The latest Small Business Index, conducted by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), has shown a drop in confidence among small firms.

Health and care organisations in Surrey have signed an agreement to integrate health and social care in the region.

Essex County Council has launched a trial of ‘smart’ streetlights, that offer the potential to monitor pollution and create Wi-Fi hotspots.

The SNP and Labour have formed a new coalition to run the City of Edinburgh Council, pledging to deliver improved services.

Plans for the so-called ‘dementia tax’ were only shown to Hunt and Javid hours before the Conservative manifesto launch.

The Bellwin scheme will be activated to support the immediate response operation following the horrific incident at Grenfell Tower in London.

Emerging concerns over care home fees and funding

Families are being charged by care homes for extended periods after a resident has died, as well as large upfront fees, a market study reveals.

The CIEH has accused the government’s air quality plans of ‘unfairly shifting’ the burden to solve the problem to local authorities.

Oxford City Council has asked for more powers to tackle air pollution in Oxford, following the government’s Draft Air Quality Action Plan.

Three unions have submitted a pay claim that attempts to narrow the growing gap between declining wages and the rising cost of living.

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