A new report by ASH and Cancer Research UK has warned that Stop Smoking Services across England are facing ongoing budget cuts after six in ten local authorities (59 per cent) were forced to reduce their funding in the last year.

Nottingham City Council has been given the green light to iGas to explore for shale gas in the East Midlands.

A new six-month pilot scheme launched by Croydon Council will see three local communities given more responsibility for services.
Following the success of a similar scheme in Thornton Heath, Croydon Council will set up pilots in South Norwood, Purley and New Addington to allow residents and businesses to shape how projects and services are delivered locally.
Additional power was handed to Croydon residents last year when the council introduced the community budget programme, which ives each area in the borough its own budget to spend on local projects.

Bristol, Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire councils have voted in favour of the West of England devolution deal.

The majority of the preferred HS2 route from Crewe to Manchester and the West Midlands to Leeds has been revealed.

The £600 million reduction proposed to the Education Services Grant should be reversed, the LGA has argued.

The LGiU has warned that more independent local government with clear powers and vision is needed post Brexit.

A leaked memo claims the government has no overall Brexit plan and a strategy may not be agreed for six months.

Communities Minister Lord Bourne has made £250,000 of ‘small grants funding’ available to boost diverse communities across the country.
To mark the start of Inter Faith Week, the ‘Common Good’ programme will give pots of funding to projects that bring together diverse communities and different faiths through a range of activities from cookery classes to teaching computer coding.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has raised concerns over cuts to bus services, highlighting the reduction could isolate families in rural areas.