What really caused the council funding crisis?
Max Mosley, NIESR, explores the origins of the local government funding crisis and warns the next government will have to act quickly to address it.
North Yorkshire to drop apostrophes from street signs
07/05/2024 Apostrophes will be omitted from street signs produced by North Yorkshire Council to the dismay of residents and grammarians alike. |
Demolition of Only Fools and Horses tower set for 2027
07/05/2024 The iconic London tower block whose exterior served as Nelson Mandela House in the opening credits of Only Fools and Horses is set to be demolished in 2027. |
Labour’s majority in Swindon biggest since 1990s
03/05/2024 Labour’s majority on Swindon Borough Council is now the largest it has been since the 1990s. |
Councils cut back housebuilding plans
03/05/2024 New research has found that 15 local authorities have recently cut the number of homes they intend to build over the next decade by at least 10%. |
Local Elections: Labour celebrates local gains
03/05/2024 Labour has gained 119 councillors and 288 Conservative members have lost their seats with more than two-thirds of councils declared. |
Minister ‘sorry’ to veteran turned away from polling station over ID
03/05/2024 The veterans minister has apologised to a former soldier who said he was unable to vote using his veteran card as photo identification. |
Cambridge council deploys polling boot
02/05/2024 Cambridge residents were confronted with the unexpected site of a car marked ‘polling station’ when they went out to vote this morning. |
Council loses £600k buying back land it sold ‘wrongly’
02/05/2024 Shrewsbury Town Council has spent £1.34m buying back land it had ‘wrongly’ deemed ‘surplus to requirements’. |
Crooked House inquiry postponed
02/05/2024 An inquiry into South Staffordshire Council’s order for the Crooked House to be rebuilt has been postponed. |
Local elections: YouGov predicts ‘significant gains’ for Labour
01/05/2024 Local authorities across the North and Midlands could see significant Labour gains as voters head to the polls on Thursday, according to YouGov. |
Council incurs £3.7m overspend on IT system
01/05/2024 Vale of Glamorgan Council took more than a year longer than planned to install a new IT system, leading to a £3.7m overspend. |
Sir Marmot sends MPs damning letter on their constituents’ health
01/05/2024 Health inequality expert Sir Michael Marmot has urged MPs and council leaders to act after a report found government policies were ‘cutting people’s lives short’. |
Record 145,800 children live in temporary accommodation
30/04/2024 There are 145,800 children who are homeless and in temporary accommodation, new government figures have shown. |
Ministers propose disability benefits overhaul amid ‘spiralling’ costs
30/04/2024 Plans to overhaul the disability benefits system and ‘deliver better value for the taxpayer’ have been laid out by the Government. |
First-of-kind ‘health neighbourhood’ gets go-ahead
29/04/2024 A multi-million pound ‘health innovation neighbourhood’ has received outline planning permission from Newcastle City Council. |
Schools in disrepair due to funding ‘failure’, union warns
29/04/2024 More than four-fifths of headteachers (83%) have said they do not have enough money to maintain their school buildings. |
Man arrested after councillor reports ‘threat’
29/04/2024 A man has been arrested after a Kirklees councillor told police he was the victim of threatening calls and behaviour. |
Sir Bill Beaumont receives Freedom of Fylde
29/04/2024 Former England rugby captain Sir Bill Beaumont has been awarded the Freedom of Fylde – becoming just the second person to receive the honour from the Lancashire council. |
Two-fifths of children face barriers to education
26/04/2024 Millions of pupils are struggling to learn because of unstable family environments, mental health challenges and poor attendance, a major children’s charity has warned. |
What is a metro mayor?
25/04/2024 A metro mayor is directly elected by local people to oversee a region’s combined authority. |
Shell is helping power the journey towards a circular paving industry with Shell Bitumen LT R, a new product for roads that uses plastics destined for landfill as part of the additives to make the bitumen.
Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures.
Dougie Belmore explains how one of the main interfaces between you and Bacs is about to change.
