27/02/2017 - 11:25
Birmingham City Council’s Independent Improvement Panel (IIP) has said the authority will need 'bold and tenacious' leadership to deliver its latest financial plans.
24/02/2017 - 10:04
Plans to create less polluted cities need to go further if targets to reduce increasing levels of harmful pollutants are to be met.
24/02/2017 - 09:45
Only seven per cent of the British public have been inspired by the Olympic games to take up sport, according to a new YouGov survey.
24/02/2017 - 09:27
The Labour party has lost the Copeland by-election by over 2,000 votes to the Conservative party, losing a seat it has held for over 80 years.
23/02/2017 - 14:47
New data reveals that the number of new build homes that have started to be built have continued to rise to the highest level since 2007.
23/02/2017 - 12:38
Councillors from Aberdeen City Council have decided against increasing council tax and have become one of the largest councils to opt to freeze the rate instead.
23/02/2017 - 10:07
Oxfordshire County Council has criticised NHS proposals to save £200 million, claiming the plans are lacking information.
22/02/2017 - 11:19
A new report commissioned by the Council for Disabled Children and published by the National Children's Bureau, has highlighted that the number of disabled children with complex needs has increased dramatically, and warned that affected families were finding it difficult to access local authority support.
22/02/2017 - 09:53
West Lothian Council has become the fourth local authority to confirm plans to freeze the basic rate of council tax.
22/02/2017 - 09:34
Police Scotland has announced it has met with senior figures at Glasgow City Council amid allegations of malpractice.
21/02/2017 - 10:15
A report by the Public Accounts Committee has urged the Department for Work & Pensions to review the use of sanctions.
21/02/2017 - 09:45
Four libraries in Liverpool are facing closure as a result of cuts, meaning the city will have lost over half of its libraries in the last two years.
20/02/2017 - 11:27
Staff at Northamptonshire County Council have been told to work in a library or from home because of a delay to work to the council’s new headquarters.
20/02/2017 - 11:01
Figures obtained by Action on Hearing Loss Cymru has indicated that spending on specialist equipment for people who have hearing loss has been cut by an average of 15 per cent over the past four years.
20/02/2017 - 10:26
The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that council tax rises in 2017/18 will not bring in enough money to prevent the need for further cuts to local services over the coming year.
