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Union calls on Kirklees to reverse customer service centre closures

02/08/2024

Unison has called on Kirklees Council to reverse its 'disastrous' decision to close customer service centres.

Blaenau Gwent Council agrees plans to cut carbon emissions

02/08/2024

Blaenau Gwent Council has approved plans to cut carbon emissions

Minimum number of youth workers needed, says youth agency

02/08/2024

There should be two youth workers and four youth support workers for every secondary school catchment area, according to the National Youth Agency.

Remote working forcing us out of the profession, say social workers

02/08/2024

Social workers are increasingly saying the requirement to work remotely is one of the main reasons for wanting to leave the profession

Reading warning on reserves after £6m overspend

02/08/2024

Reading Borough Council has warned it cannot continue using its reserves after revealing a £6m overspend.

More protests planned following Southport mass stabbing

02/08/2024

At least 15 protests are being planned amid a surge of violent disorder

Campaigners call to bring back vaping law

01/08/2024

Campaigners have called on the Government to bring back legislation to curb vaping among young people.

New signs mark boundaries of historic Yorkshire Ridings

01/08/2024

New signs are being installed to mark the boundaries of the historic Yorkshire Ridings.

South Midlands councils join forces to boost growth

01/08/2024

Local authorities in the south Midlands have joined forces to create a new group to boost economic growth.

Lewisham apologises over family placed in poor accommodation

01/08/2024

Lewisham Council has apologised for placing a family in such poor accommodation that a child had to go to hospital

House building failing to keep pace with the population rises say researchers

01/08/2024

House building has failed to keep pace with the rising population in some areas, according to researchers.

Maternity pay must be doubled, says Unison

16/02/2024

Local government union Unison has demanded that maternity pay should be more than doubled so that new mothers are not forced back to work too early.

Consultation launched on combined Devon authority

16/02/2024

The public have been invited to have their say on whether to create a combined county authority for Devon

Cheshire East seeks support to avoid Section 114 notice

16/02/2024

Cheshire East Council is the latest to request help from the Government to avoid having to declare itself effectively bankrupt.

Sharp increase in home schooling, survey shows

16/02/2024

A survey of councils in the south of England shows a sharp rise in the number of children being educated at home.

Children's services 'absolute carnage'

02/11/2023

The state of children’s services has been described as ‘absolute carnage’ after years of underfunding.

Labour regeneration plans will fail 'without radical action'

31/10/2023

An incoming Labour government’s regeneration plans will fail without radical action to devolve financial decision-making, researchers have warned.

Surrey County Council staff to be balloted for strike action

23/06/2023

Thousands of staff at Surrey County Council are to be balloted for strike action in a dispute over pay, their union has announced.

Fines on their own will not stop people dropping litter, say council leaders

23/06/2023

Fines on their own will not stop people dropping litter, say council leaders

Councils raise concerns over disproportionate impact of voter ID

23/06/2023

Councils have raised concerns that problems with new voting identification rules hit some groups harder than others, local government leaders have warned.

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