Councils overspent £366m on adult social care in 2016/17 after planned savings proved difficult to implement, a new survey has revealed.
Sheffield Council has threatened legal action against environmentalists and an opposition councillor who are trying to prevent some trees being removed.
How to keep your tenants safe: Listen to the fire safety professionals
Hannah Mansell warns there is an 'endemic' fire safety problem with tower blocks and outlines what action councils should be taking to improve the safety of tenants.
Two decades of Government efforts to improve social mobility have failed to reduce the gap between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’, report reveals.
Proposals aimed at ending a long-running dispute with teaching assistants in Durham could mean more than three quarters of the staff being given a pay rise.
A court ruled yesterday the Government’s attempt to prevent councils boycotting Israel through their pension schemes is ‘unlawful’.
Bristol City Council is set to build and sell houses on the private market for the first time, paving the way for a new council housing company.
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Innovative, high performance External Wall Insulation (EWI) by Saint-Gobain Weber has been specified for a proportion of homes in the extensive property upgrade programme being carried out by Stevenage Borough Council in Hertfordshire.
Viessmann is introducing a new compact commercial boiler, the Vitocrossal 100, for buildings such as offices and schools where plant room space is limited.
There is still time to join the celebrations and enter your organisation(s) for a Highways Award. But remember, the extended entry deadline expires this Friday 30th June at 5pm.