27/03/2017

Poor support and rapid hospital discharge processes for adult social care could be costing councils more in the long-term, new analysis reveals.

27/02/2017

Plans by the opposition Conservative group in Telford & Wrekin to work more closely with Shropshire Council have been put forward.

10/01/2017

Extremism tsar Dame Louise Casey has admitted she is concerned about funding levels in key areas but believes the ‘money isn’t going to come back’.

28/11/2016

Plans for a Christmas in Cardiff have come up short when the council ordered a tree in the wrong size due to a misunderstanding over measurements.

28/11/2016

A Private Member’s Bill has been put forward to assist councils with cutting parking charges – and ensuring they consult when seeking to raise them.

28/11/2016

Reading BC is set to sign off another £10.5m in efficiency savings as the local authority aims to fill a £42m funding gap.

28/11/2016

Coventry City Council has got behind plans for local firm Jaguar Land Rover to develop electric vehicles in the area.

28/11/2016

Children in Swansea have been given special interactive presentations on health and safety by the local authority.

18/11/2016

Northampton BC has announced that it will receive a report from auditors PWC into a loan to Northampton Town Football Club at a special meeting next Monday.

18/11/2016

E-cigarettes and products associated with vaping have been included in a survey of the activity of council trading standards teams for the first time.

18/11/2016

Additional local social care funding is vital if the NHS is to have a sustainable financial future without longer waiting times, NHS Providers say.

18/11/2016

Central government ‘must do more’ to understand local authority finances and their impact on taxpayers, Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has claimed.

18/11/2016

Cash-saving strategies under the NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) do not have enough detail to prove problems will be tackled, says CIPFA.

18/10/2016

Local authorities are to receive £20m for a new homeless prevention strategy to pilot initiatives on the issue, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has announced.

18/10/2016

Twenty-seven high streets are finalists in the Great British High Street competition, the Department for Communities and Local Government has announced.

18/10/2016

Local authorities across the UK are increasingly divided into the ‘haves and the have nots’, according to a new report.

18/10/2016

Community safety in Wales is being undermined by new responsibilities and working arrangements, according to a new report.

18/10/2016

Almost half a million pupils are in academies deemed inadequate or require improvement since converting from council-run schools, according to council chiefs.

17/10/2016

Insufficient lighting in a bus lane in Newcastle has resulted in the council refunding potentially 5,100 penalty charge notices, the local authority has announced.

17/10/2016

Increased funding for mental health services has not been provided across the country, and services are ‘under threat’, according to a new report by The King’s Fund.