Liverpool City Council has stated that it is set to spend the majority of this year’s increase in council tax on services for the most vulnerable.
Of the proposed 5.99 per cent rise, the council says that a total of four per cent will be set aside to fund increases in spending on adult and children’s services to deal with growing demand.
Moreover, an additional £6 million is being found for children’s services, which will also help fund the recruitment of more social workers to deal with increasingly complex cases of young people coming in to care.

According to the CLES, Manchester City Council spent approximately £320 million procuring goods and services from local businesses last year.

A survey of all council leaders and chief executives has found exceptionally strong pessimism about the impact of Brexit.
According to the New Local Government Network, 61 per cent of leaders and chief executives believed Brexit would have a negative or very negative impact on their local economy, whilst only 12 per cent believed it would have a positive impact or very positive impact.

Oliver Dowden has announced that a new version of the G-Cloud procurement framework will open for bids in April.

Leaders from across the north west have urged the Chancellor for further funding to tackle a growing crisis in children's social care.

Companies who produce smart devices will be expected to build-in tough new security measures to boost cyber security.

Leaders of 18 Yorkshire authorities have submitted a detailed and concrete proposal to government to deliver a One Yorkshire devolution deal.
The result of several month’s consultation, the submission follows Sajid Javid’s request for such a proposal at the recent Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire APPG meeting.
The leaders also welcomed the Communities Secretary’s admission that the government would not stand in the way of any One Yorkshire proposal that had widespread support and agreed this detailed plan was exactly that.

Nottingham City Council is set to approve £27 million of savings to balance its budget, which will see council tax increase by 5.99 per cent.

The LGA has warned that recent success at tackling youth crime will be threatened unless the government maintains funding for preventing youth offending.

The National Association of Local Councils has urged the government to provide funding to help parish councils comply with the new GDPR.