Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson has submitted a bid for a £230 million ‘Green City Deal’ to tackle climate change in the city.

Progress to close the achievement gap for poorer pupils in England's secondary schools is reaching a ‘standstill’.

Northamptonshire County Council's children's services has been found to be ‘failing to keep children safe’.

The CCC has recommended that 30,000 hectares of woodland should be planted annually, more than double the new trees planted last year.

Four in 10 coastal communities in England could see a decline in the number of residents aged under 30 by the year 2039.

£10 million will help reduce the impact of Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Clean Air Zone on businesses and residents.

New proposals have been presented to the new Prime Minister to create a pathway to a full One Yorkshire devolution deal in 2022.

The West Midlands Combined Authority has set new climate change targets to reduce carbon emissions across the region.

New funding for Growth Deals across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is being announced, with £300 million of new investment.

New research has revealed that UK councils are still not realising productivity improvements through specific technology upgrades.
Freedom of Information requests, sent to 78 local councils, found that 32 per cent of local councils in the UK have had their IT budgets decreased in the past year, and a further 21 per cent have had their IT budgets remain the same. Furthermore, only 21 per cent of local councils have future plans to invest in workflow solutions, representing only a six per cent increase on the same findings from December 2017.