Prime Minister Theresa May has said Britain expects to be part of EU decision-making until it triggers Article 40, in March 2017.

A report drawn out for the paper for the council’s scrutiny committee has been published highlighting the challenges facing Scottish Borders Council is maintaining more than 1,100 bridges, many of which are ‘ageing and in need of repair’.

Belfast City Council is considering plans to allow shops to stay open for longer on some Sundays.

Highland Council is preparing to make savings of between £47 million and £72 million over the next three years.

Angsley Council has warned that some its most important heritage sites could be closed if no-one chooses to take them over.

Licensing powers could be restored to Rotherham council after the council’s commissioner successfully highlighted improvements in the area.

A ‘pro-active approach’ to the outsourcing of children’s services is required, argues the Demos think tank.

New research has argued that local government should have more powers to help tackle persistent unemployment.
The Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) and the NLGN argue that greater devolved power to councils would help tackle long-term unemployment much faster, with 98 per cent of councils thinking that employment and skills provision should be locally commissioned.

Councils have argued that the government's broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO) should include a social tariff.

A draft bill giving Scotland the ability to reconsider the question of independence before the UK leaves the EU has been published for consultation.
Formally unveiled by Constitution Secretary Derek Mackay, the document sets out proposals for the rules governing the referendum campaign, the conduct of the poll and the counting of votes.