The government has announced that an extra £50 million will be given to councils to improve potholes on local roads.
The Department for Transport funding, part of a £201 million road surface allocation, will reward examples of councils' best practice, with Transport Secretary Chris Grayling saying that the total funding could resurface more than 1,000 miles of roads across England.

The decision comes following a recommendation from the two government appointed inspectors who were brought in to oversee the council’s turbulent financial crisis

National Assocation of Local Councils: "The number is now up for these unaccountable local bodies."

Policy think tank Reform says Government should improve the rules for outsourcing, but warns against banning private and third sector involvement.

Residents in shire counties will be paying £76 more than the national average of £1,750.

Dan Burke, partner at PriceWaterhouseCooper, has said that local authorities have "a lot more to do" in order to prepare for Brexit.

An increase in local authority highway maintenance budgets is stemming the decline in the condition of the local road network, according to this year’s Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey.

Coastal Communities and Revival Funds will see 26 projects receive over £36 million in funding to help develop and improve tourist attractions

50:50 Limited Liability Partnership is set to be established over a 30-years

1817 buses are expected to be retrofitted to bring buses up to low emission standards