03/03/2025 - 11:23
Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has delivered a keynote speech at the Convention of the North, reaffirming the government’s commitment to
28/02/2025 - 10:39
The mayor of London and London Councils have announced their London Growth plan which aims to turbocharge economic growth and boost productivity and prosperity across the capital.
27/02/2025 - 10:43
A new report by the County Councils Network (CCN), County Spotlight, has revealed that almost nine in ten of England’s largest councils are using artificial intelligence, yet are held back from rolling out this technology more widely due to a lack of staff capacity, funding, and training.
25/02/2025 - 11:29
The Raising the National Plan Commission, a year-long independent inquiry into why play is critical to the wellbeing of children in England, has published its Interim Report, ‘State of Play’.
25/02/2025 - 10:31
The government has announced an extra £30 million for Winter Pressures Funding.
24/02/2025 - 09:47
A recruitment campaign has been launched to address workforce shortages in local authorities, and aims to encourage young people aged between 18 to 27 to take up jobs in local authorities.
21/02/2025 - 10:16
Councils that are in exceptional need of help are set to receive letters confirming government support to help balance their budgets.
21/02/2025 - 09:44
A new government office complex in Manchester has been given planning consent.
20/02/2025 - 10:35
People living and working in rural communities are being consulted on what government priorities should be to improve their lives.
19/02/2025 - 10:31
The Crown Commercial Service has launched a new scheme to simplify the procurement of electric vehicle infrastructure (EVI) for local authorities, helping to reduce the resource and cost burden on procurement teams.
17/02/2025 - 12:49
The government has launched consultations in six areas on proposals to establish mayoral combined authorities or mayoral combined county authoritie
14/02/2025 - 11:08
The mayor of London has announced more than £985,000 investment to support communities across London, in a movement to unite Londoners together against hate.
13/02/2025 - 10:55
Following an analysis that has revealed that boroughs will suffer from a £500 million shortfall in the coming year, London Councils are calling on the government to consider better council investment in the government’s Spending Review, set to be announced this spring.
07/02/2025 - 09:36
The government has announced £8.2 million of funding for a regeneration project in Port Talbot, South Wales.
