New research has found that, despite the collapse of Carillion, more than half of English council spending goes to a handful of the top suppliers.
Spend management company Ivalua sent freedom of information requests to English councils and revealed that an average of £52.5 million has been spent by councils on their top five suppliers in the last 12 months, equating to 55 per cent of their total spend.

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has announced its ambition to convert its entire fleet to green vehicles.

£1.4 million will help demonstrate how digital information sharing can improve care and support for people needing social care services.

Adult social care system is at heightened risk of collapse as increasing strain is being put on millions of unpaid carers.

The CCN has warned that the ‘worst is yet to come’ as it predicts ‘unpalatable cutbacks’ next year amid further reductions to local authority funding.

Oxfordshire County Council has agreed to borrow up to £120 million to invest in infrastructure improvements, including road and property repairs.

Towns who were more likely to vote leave in the EU referendum are the areas of the UK that could lose most from the Brexit process.