Councils in England have slammed government plans to remove their role in boosting school standards.

The government has abandoned plans to allow pensioners to generate money by selling their annuities to insurance firms.

A plan to develop Fife Council over the next 20 years has been delayed because the authority has failed to submit sufficient information on its proposals.

Staff working for Orkney Islands Council are considering a plan to take industrial action over pay proposals.

The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) has said there will be no end to council cuts despite receiving the best budget settlement in half a decade.

A council report has revealed that Milton Keynes has seen a a tripling of the use of electric vehicles across the region.

Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has urged local leaders in Cambridge to ‘press on’ with their devolution deal plans.

New housing measures to apply minimum room sizes to shared homes have been announced by Housing Minister Gavin Barwell.
In an attempt to tackle rogue landlords cramming tenants into unsafe and overcrowded homes, the measures will seek to improve standards for shared homes by making it clear that bedrooms must not fall below a minimum room size, 6.52 square metres, closing a loophole which lets some landlords let out rooms far too small for an adult to occupy.

Plaid Cymru has revealed it has agreed a £119 million deal to back Labour's budget plans.