Doncaster City Council has been granted permission to issue an eviction to homeless protesters living in a ‘tent city’ in the region.

East Dunbartonshire Council has been told by the Accounts Commission that it must ‘up its games’ after an audit highlighted concerns over the council's ability to make necessary savings.

The government's failure to develop ‘credible’ plans to improve child protection is leaving children ‘at risk of harm’, a report claims.

Figures show that the level of household waste which is recycled in the UK has fallen for the first time.

A freedom of information request has revealed that 63 out of 140 responding councils have cut meals on wheels services since 2010.

Councils will be allowed to increase council tax by six per cent over the next two years in order to fund social care services.

Major relationship support providers may not be sufficiently reaching families in or at risk of poverty, a new report claims.

The latest Help to Buy statistics have shown that over 220,000 people have been able to buy a home using the government scheme.

More must be done to the address the imbalance in arts funding between London and the rest of the country, a report suggests.

A new survey has revealed that 60 per cent of HR directors would like a new style of leadership to help them deliver a better quality of service.

Powers over licensing are to return to Rotherham council, but government-appointed commissioners will continue to oversee these decisions.

The Local Government Ombudsman has issued new guidance to help combined authorities deal with the complaints they receive.

Barnet and Harrow Councils have agreed to extend their shared legal service to deliver legal services to both councils for a further five years.

Nearly 90 per cent of local authorities believe that current housing targets will be impossible to meet because of a lack of planning resources.

If the government does not act urgently to halt drastic funding cuts, local authorities could see 340 public libraries close in the next five years

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