Lawyers from an environmental charity are writing to 100 councils in England to remind them of their legal obligations to include carbon reduction targets in their Local Plans.
Challenges around housing, transport, skills and environment could be improved if cities were given more powers and funding, according to London’s mayor.
Funding shortages and increased demand pressure meant that local authorities had to spend £770m more than planned on children’s services in 2018-19, according to the Local Government Association.
Local government currently has no certainty over funding and must ensure political parties see giving it greater control over its finances as a manifesto issue, says Localis’ Jonathan...
About 1,500 residents were evacuated from the small town of Whaley Bridge on 1 August over fears a dam at Toddbrook Reservoir would collapse after heavy rains. Derbyshire Council leader Barry Lewis...
The one-year ‘Spending Review’ announced last night by chancellor of the exchequer Sajid Javid must make local government a “top priority”, according to bodies representing councils.
Thirty-two per cent of UK councils’ IT budgets were slashed last year while a further 21% have remained the same, according to analysis by IT consultancy Y Soft.
The care system has come under increasing strain in the last five years because of a huge rise in the number of teenagers going into care, according to analysis.
District councils are juggling a host of financial challenges as they face greater spending commitments at a time when funding is falling and when many of the challenges on the horizon are ‘unknowns’.
The fairer funding formula and Spending Review will allow us to build a stronger, sustainable future for local government, says communities secretary James Brokenshire.
