Local government entities are under serious financial pressure, and procurement is tasked with helping to reduce spend.
27/06/2016 - 10:19
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has had to undertake a quick shadow cabinet reshuffle following mass resignations.
27/06/2016 - 10:08
Centre for Cities has warned that British devolution faces a ‘standstill following the vote for the UK to leave the European Union.
27/06/2016 - 10:07
Following the news that the UK has voted to leave the EU, council leaders have warned that the Local Government Pension Scheme could fall in value.
24/06/2016 - 15:04
The Local Government Association (LGA) has released a statement calling for the government to issue greater control to councils, in order to bring communities together following the UK’s vote to leave the EU.
24/06/2016 - 09:33
The UK has elected to leave the European Union, with 52 per cent of voters backing Vote Leave and 48 per cent voting Remain.
23/06/2016 - 12:43
Sunderland City Council has announced it will set up a new organisation to deliver its children's services, after a poor Ofsted report last year.
23/06/2016 - 12:38
In an attempt to save £230,000 in salary costs, the City of York Council is contemplating reorganising its senior management structure.
23/06/2016 - 09:50
Sadiq Khan has said that he will review the capital’s housing zone scheme in an attempt to bring about the availability of affordable housing.
23/06/2016 - 09:42
A report has called on local government to make land available for groups who desire to establish cohousing communities.
23/06/2016 - 09:30
Polls opened at 07:00 in the referendum on whether the UK should remain a member of the European Union or leave.
22/06/2016 - 12:04
According to a new survey conducted by Unison, government cuts have have lead to 73 per cent of council staff experiencing increased levels of stress.
22/06/2016 - 10:08
Liverpool and Wirral councils are set to pilot a social stock exchange scheme in a bid to encourage investors to put their money into local firms.
22/06/2016 - 10:05
A freedom of Information request (FoI) submitted by The Times has revealed that councils across England and Wale referred a total of 284 to the government’s deradicalisation programme, Channel, in 2015.
21/06/2016 - 10:08
Dundee council has proposed that a minimum of five per cent of the council’s spend on roads and transportation will go towards improving cycling infrastructure.
21/06/2016 - 10:06
York City Council has revealed in its Local Plan that it has earmarked land which it intends to build 10,700 new homes upon, by 2037.
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