The Welsh Local Government Association has warned that children's services in Wales are nearly ‘at crisis point’.

More affordable homes will be delivered across Scotland this year after the government announced a £35 million increase to council allocations.

Dominic Raab has announced that a review will be taken into rules that require carbon monoxide alarms to be fitted in homes across England.

The Local Government Association has been awarded £1.5 million to help improve and enhance councils’ cyber security systems.

Leicestershire County Council has confirmed that up to 14 libraries in the region will be converted to ‘Smart Libraries’.

Following Amber Rudd’s recent resignation, Theresa May has announced that Sajid Javid has been named as the new Home Secretary.
Javid, who has has held the position of Communities, Local Government and Housing Secretary since July 2016, also previously held cabinet positions as Business Secretary and Culture Secretary.

An £8.5 million programme has opened for local authorities to fund projects to improve early language and literacy development for disadvantaged children.

The APPG on Housing and Care for Older People has reported that government policies are ‘overlooking the housing needs of older people’ in rural areas.

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has said that councils cannot set maximum budget levels when calculating the cost of people’s care.
Having become aware of a situation whereby Wiltshire Council ran a policy of placing people into bands, and paying in line with those banding levels, regardless of need, the Ombudsman found the council at fault for use of an outdated matrix tool to calculate the amount of support offered to the family, and then for reducing the immediate support offered.

Hertfordshire County Council has repaired over 10,000 potholes so far this year as part of a winter recovery programme.