Blackpool to invest £30m in coastline defences
17/04/2025 Blackpool Council has announced a £30m investment to construct new coastline defences to prevent erosion. |
Craig David backs call for 90,000 social homes
17/04/2025 Music icon Craig David has backed a call for tens of thousands of new social homes a year over the next decade. |
Enfield threatens legal action over ancient oak felling
17/04/2025 Enfield Council has threatened the Toby Carvery pub chain with legal action after the felling of a 500-year-old oak tree. |
Surrey to remain divided on unitary plans
16/04/2025 Surrey's borough and district councils have revealed the region is set to defy government requests for unity on final reorganisation proposals. |
Council issues order to protect remains of ancient oak
16/04/2025 Enfield Council has issued an emergency preservation order to protect what remains of a 500-year-old oak tree that was partially felled by a pub chain. |
Busking to cease in Leicester Square
15/04/2025 Local authorities have suspended two busking pitches in Leicester Square. |
Reorganisation proposals average 544,000 population
14/04/2025 Reorganisation proposals submitted by councils would produce new unitaries of varying sizes but with an average population of 544,837, analysis reveals. |
Police to deal with antisocial behaviour complaints
14/04/2025 Police forces in England and Wales are now required to respond to antisocial behaviour complaints within 72 hours. |
Scottish councils reject shared service proposal
11/04/2025 Three councils in Scotland have rejected a shared service proposal after concluding it would not offer ‘value for money'. |
Local transport in Wales gets £110m boost
11/04/2025 The Welsh Government has announced an investment of £110m to boost local transport. |
Hackney’s blue badge assessments ‘flawed’
11/04/2025 Drivers in Hackney have been urged to reapply for a blue badge after an investigation revealed flaws in the council’s scheme. |
Kensington & Chelsea launches legal action against Grenfell companies
10/04/2025 Kensington & Chelsea LBC has launched legal action worth around £360m against companies involved in the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower. |
Essex CC rejects combined authority plan ‘in its current form’
10/04/2025 Essex County Council has told the Government that it cannot support the proposal for devolution in Greater Essex ‘in its current form’. |
Minister blocks Oldham exit from development plan
10/04/2025 Oldham MBC's attempt to exit an agreement that could see the development of 11,500 new homes has been stymied by the Government. |
Government backs £30m Doncaster airport investment
10/04/2025 The Government has backed the decision by the South Yorkshire mayor Oliver Coppard to invest £30m to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA). |
LGA updates business plan amid reorganisation shake-up
09/04/2025 The Local Government Association (LGA) is working on a new business plan as mayors increasingly reject its advances. |
EXCLUSIVE: Rayner drops Brum inquiry plan
09/04/2025 Angela Rayner has dropped plans for a statutory inquiry that would have investigated Labour-run Birmingham City Council's failed rollout of an IT system. |
Social housing wait over a hundred years in some areas
09/04/2025 The Government has been urged to tackle the worsening housing crisis as new research reveals a century-long wait for social housing in parts of England. |
Universal theme park deal ‘landmark moment’
09/04/2025 The agreement of a deal with Universal to open a new theme park in Bedford – billed as one of the largest in Europe – has been welcomed as a ‘landmark moment’. |
Liverpool CC praised for ‘substantial’ progress
08/04/2025 Liverpool City Council has further to go on its improvement journey but has ‘made significant and substantial’ progress, according to an improvement board. |
Extra support for military personnel ‘lottery’
08/04/2025 Military personnel and their families face a postcode lottery when it comes to accessing local services, the Commons Defence Committee has revealed. |
RAC: Only 3% of council roads maintained last year
08/04/2025 Just 3% of England’s council-run road network received any form of road maintenance during the last financial year, Government data has revealed. |
Angry reaction to Starmer stance on Brum bin strike
07/04/2025 A war of words has broken out between the Government and union bosses over the bin strike in Birmingham. |
Anti-abortion campaigner fined £20k for ‘buffer zone’ breach
07/04/2025 An anti-abortion campaigner has been given a two-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £20,000 to BCP Council for breaching a protest ‘buffer zone’. |
Governance concerns prompt best value notice for Tees Valley
04/04/2025 The Government has issued Tees Valley Combined Authority with a best value notice due to concerns over governance and culture. |
MHCLG reshuffle after engagement improvements
04/04/2025 Engagement between the UK Government and councils has generally improved since Labour's General Election win, The MJ has been told. |
Gambling laws ‘desperately out of date’, councillors say
03/04/2025 Local authorities and mayors have urged the Government to grant them more powers to tackle gambling in their local areas. |
London’s boroughs call for ‘seat at the table’ in devo settlement
03/04/2025 London’s councils have called for joint decision-making arrangements between the mayor and the capital’s boroughs as part of a new devolution settlement. |
Whitehall dismisses Homes England cull reports
02/04/2025 Reports the Government plans to abolish Homes England as part of a cull of quangos have been dismissed by Whitehall. |
Westminster City Council ordered to silence buskers
02/04/2025 A judge has ordered Westminster City Council to take action against buskers in Leicester Square. |
Council clears tonnes of ‘nurdles’ after North Sea crash
02/04/2025 Teams from East Lindsey DC have cleaned up over 12 tonnes of plastic pellets from Lincolnshire’s beaches following a crash between two ships in the North Sea. |
East Sussex unitary 'probably most likely option'
02/04/2025 A single tier East Sussex unitary of around 550,000 people is 'probably the most likely' reorganisation option, The MJ understands. |
Minister: No compromise on building safety amid housing target pressure
01/04/2025 Building safety will not be compromised as the Government tries to meet its 1.5m new homes target, minister Alex Norris has insisted. |
Council issues £45k in housing fines
01/04/2025 Salford City Council has issued £45,000 of fines to landlords in an effort to improve local housing conditions. |
St Helens peer challenge expected to conclude council has 'transformed'
01/04/2025 St Helens MBC's corporate peer challenge is expected to conclude the council has been ‘transformed over the past five years'. |
Local planning authorities working to out-of-date plans
01/04/2025 Two-thirds of local planning authorities (LPAs) outside of London are working to out-of-date research plans, new analysis has revealed. |
Bus franchising no ‘panacea’, warn Welsh council chiefs
31/03/2025 Council chiefs in Wales have welcomed plans to transform the way local bus services are planned and delivered but cautioned that its rollout will take time. |
Flood defences get £2.65bn boost
31/03/2025 The Government has announced an investment of £2.65bn over two years to improve flood protection in local areas. |
Homelessness 'fastest growing financial risk' for London boroughs
28/03/2025 MPs have called for action to help local authorities in London tackle the rising costs of providing homelessness support. |
Councils urged to boost China links
28/03/2025 Councils should reassess China-related activities to ensure they can access opportunities to emerge from closer ties between China and UK, think tank says. |
One in three children in relative poverty
28/03/2025 Almost one in three children are living in relative poverty, according to the latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). |
Schools for pupils with SEND short by 8k places
28/03/2025 Department for Education figures have revealed that the shortage of places in special schools for secondary pupils in England worsened by 25% in 2023/24. |
Oxford councillors reaffirm commitment to ethical procurement
27/03/2025 Oxford CC has passed a motion reaffirming its ‘duty’ to avoid trade with countries violating international law against the background of the war in Gaza. |
Council leader welcomes £1.6bn defence contract extension
27/03/2025 The leader of Telford & Wrekin Council has welcomed the Chancellor’s Spring Statement announcement of a five-year £1.6bn defence contract extension. |
Godstone sinkhole residents able to return home
27/03/2025 Most of the residents of a Surrey village affected by a huge sinkhole are now able to return to their homes, the council has confirmed. |
Asylum hotel contingency plan activated
27/03/2025 The Home Office has activated contingency plans following the axing of an asylum hotel contractor. |
Cladding safety tax delayed one year
26/03/2025 A tax to fund the removal of unsafe cladding from homes has been delayed one year over fears it might undermine the Government's housebuilding plans. |
Newport to set up company for property maintenance
26/03/2025 Newport CC is planning to set up an arm's-length trading company to take over the maintenance of its properties. |
TfL bans non-folded e-bikes on network
26/03/2025 Transport for London (TfL) has announced a ban on all non-folded e-bikes on parts of London’s transport network due to the fire risk. |
North ‘key’ to green industries, says think tank
25/03/2025 New mayoral industrial strategy councils should be established to help drive sustainable manufacturing and boost local areas in the north, think tank says. |
Council rejects accusation it acted illegally in homeless mother case
Council to sell unsafe properties purchased after Grenfell fire
Council spends £220k demolishing ‘man cave’
Welsh councils in need of net zero funding
