How to Fix Local Roads: Sustainable Road Maintenance Solutions for Local Government
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Council leaves abuse survivor homeless
04/07/2025 The London Borough of Waltham Forest has apologised after a survivor of domestic abuse was left street homeless for five weeks. |
Unions call for ‘better and fairer’ pay offer
04/07/2025 Trade unions representing council staff across the country have called on local government employers to improve on the 3.2% pay offer. |
Reform UK cabinet green lights flag policy
04/07/2025 Leicestershire County Council’s cabinet has signed off on the Reform UK-led local authority's new flag flying policy. |
LGA: Councils have £276bn of untapped potential
04/07/2025 Government support overcoming place-specific barriers to growth could help local authorities unleash £276bn of untapped economic potential, research suggests. |
Four-day week trial success, says council
04/07/2025 A report into South Cambridgeshire District Council’s four-day week trial has found most of the monitored services either improved or were maintained. |
Rayner: Over £1.5bn of funding pots to be merged
03/07/2025 Over £1.5bn worth of capital funding pots are to be merged to help free councils from ‘needless bureaucracy’, according to deputy PM Angela Rayner. |
Reform UK: Data concerns about DOGE unit ‘laughable’
02/07/2025 Concerns about Reform UK’s DOGE-inspired unit’s approach to data sharing is ‘laughable’, says Reform UK’s director of local government. |
LGA: SEND transport costs likely to hit £2bn
02/07/2025 Council spending on home to school transport for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is predicted to hit nearly £2bn this year. |
Rayner announces plan to build 180,000 new social homes
02/07/2025 The Government has announced plans to build 180,000 new social homes by 2035 as part of the effort to tackle the shortage in temporary accommodation. |
Council apologises for £1m ‘processing error’
01/07/2025 Southampton City Council has apologised after a ‘processing error’ led to nearly £1m in Direct Debit payments being taken early. |
GMB members vote against 3.2% pay offer
01/07/2025 Members of the trade union GMB have voted to reject a 3.2% local government pay offer. |
LGA calls for new coalition to fix health and care system
01/07/2025 Local authority leaders have called for a new ‘national-local coalition’ that puts prevention at the centre of a modern health and care system. |
Call for new task group to tackle arson
30/06/2025 London Assembly members have called on the capital’s mayor to establish a taskforce to tackle an increase in arson incidents. |
Unite set to take Brum bin dispute to Liverpool
30/06/2025 Unite members are set to protest Birmingham City Council’s leader at this year’s LGA conference as part of the ongoing bin strikes, says the trade union. |
Care workers face violence ‘day in day out’, GMB says
30/06/2025 More than half of care workers suffer violence at work including being bitten, headbutted and chocked, a survey has revealed. |
Council chiefs warn of ‘corrosive impact’ of fake news
30/06/2025 Councillors have warned of the ‘dangers to democracy’ posed by fake news, as more than half say they have had misinformation published about them. |
NAO: Council capacity issues undermining bus services
27/06/2025 Financial pressures on councils have meant that local bus services have continued to decline despite Government intervention, new report by the NAO has found. |
New councillors appointed after mass resignation
26/06/2025 Four councillors have been appointed to a town council after all of its members quit. |
Council tax arrears hit £8.3bn
26/06/2025 The total amount of council tax arrears owed by households across Britain has nearly reached £8.3bn, an analysis of Government figures has revealed. |
Regulator finds ‘serious’ consumer standards failings
25/06/2025 An inspection has revealed ‘serious failings’ with Slough Borough Council’s engagement with tenants. |
