Rotherham Council will regain responsibility for a number of services after intervention from Whitehall last February.

The ECT Charity and Deloitte have launched a set of research which has discovered that investment in community transport schemes would not only save £1.1 billion a year, but also ease the pressure on public services and tackle loneliness among older people.

New research by The Taxpayers’ Alliance has reported that councils in Great Britain paid out over £100 million in compensation claims over the last two years.

Councils are reporting to be less optimistic about handling upcoming cuts than they were in the past, according to new report into the future of financial management.
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) has revealed that numerous councils are pre-empting a need to rethink their approach to financial management, given that future years are already being deemed as ‘potentially difficult’.

Scarborough Borough Council has launched a new scheme to eradicate the issue of inconsiderate parking and the negative impact it can have on local communities.
The ‘Considerate Parking Initiative’ will enable police community support officers and the Council’s own civil enforcement officers to leave an advice notice on cars parked inconsiderately, such as blocking driveways, parking on grass verges or pavements, or parking too close to road junctions.

The house building industry created a significant jobs boost during 2015, creating 106,000 new jobs, according to research conducted by the Home Builders Federation (HBF).

Isle of Wight Council has warned the government that planned cuts to its budget will push the council to its brink, claiming it may not ‘be viable in the very near future’.

Official figures published by the Department for Work and Pensions has found the UK has reached its highest ever employment rate of 74 per cent, with a record high of 31.4 million people in work.

Reductions in funding for county councils could ‘all but end’ the provision of non-statutory services in some parts of England, according to the County Councils Network (CCN).

Uniting stakeholders and pooling assets could allow local communities to revive struggling high streets, according to a new report.