Data published by the RAC Foundation has revealed that 2,375 council-maintained road bridges are unable to carry the heaviest vehicles, and it will cost £328 million to repair them.

A review has been launched to ensure that local communities benefit from development in their area.

Flintshire County Council has opted to suspend the Right to Buy scheme in its area due to a shortage of social housing.

Andy Street, the managing director of John lewis, has been appointed as the lead non-executive director at the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).

The government has announced plans to close all coal-fired power stations by 2025 and restrict their use by 2023.

According to research conducted by the Independent Age (IA) and the International Longevity Centre-UK (ILC-UK), the adult social care sector in England faces a staff gap of 200,000 due to restrictions on immigration and a failure to attract British employees.

The West Midlands has won a devolution deal, receiving £1.2 billion in spending power from the government which it will use over the next 30 years.
Chancellor George Osborne recently met with local council leaders to sign the deal, which will cover an area with the potential to expand to four million people and an economy worth £80 billion annually. 
Osborne said: “We want to make the Midlands Britain’s engine for growth, and this deal will give the region the powerful levers it needs to make that happen.

A new report, published by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has argued that English counties risk being obstructed from the devolution process due to the government’s ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach.

A new report by the National Trust has stated that only one in three coastal planning authorities have maintained up-to-date policies on how to deal with rising sea levels and more frequent storms.

Research conducted by iGov has found that 39 per cent of local authorities are seriously considering investing in e-invoicing within the next year. 
The survey was orchestrated on behalf of Basware UK, the Local Government Association (LGA), the Department of Business Innovation and Skills, and the UK National e-Invoicing Forum, iGov. The report found that 74 per cent of public sector professionals believe e-invoicing increases the number of payments made on time.