26/05/2017 - 10:41
The Conservative-run Vale of Glamorgan council has been accused of reaching a ‘new low for diversity’, after it emerged its cabinet would be run by a team of seven men, led by councillor John Thomas.
26/05/2017 - 10:14
Edmundsbury borough and Forest Heath district councils are to recruit extra staff to help fight homelessness in response to rising numbers as well as major changes to legislation and benefits.
26/05/2017 - 10:02
According to the latest survey released by Better Connected, 89 per cent of council websites now present a responsive or mobile site when accessed from a smartphone.
25/05/2017 - 11:55
A total of £1.3million is to be spent refurbishing play parks across Aberdeen in 2017/18 after the money was agreed by the City Council’s communities, housing and infrastructure committee.
25/05/2017 - 11:27
New research, conducted by the University of Liverpool, University College London (UCL), University of Gdansk and INSERM Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, has highlighted that the UK’s aged social care must grow by 25 per cent within 10 years to meet increasing needs.
25/05/2017 - 11:15
It has been announced that Liverpool City Council chief executive Ged Fitzgerald will 'voluntarily step aside' after he was arrested as part of an investigation into alleged financial irregularities in the tendering of contracts to BT.
25/05/2017 - 11:04
Figures have shown the number of fines for litter and dog fouling has halved for East Hampshire District Council, after it replaced private enforcement officers with its own staff.
24/05/2017 - 11:14
Local councils in Surrey could be handed powers to turn street lights back on, if they pay for the cost of doing so themselves.
24/05/2017 - 10:54
Homeless Link has launched a £4.5 million Social Investment Fund for organisations working to reduce homelessness.
24/05/2017 - 10:36
Open data leaders are stalling, and even backsliding in their delivery of open data, the Open Data Barometer finds.
24/05/2017 - 10:09
Plastic bottle deposit schemes could threaten the investment made by local authorities in infrastructure and collection services.
24/05/2017 - 09:49
A new report has found that 98 per cent of councils have described their need for affordable houses as ‘severe’ or ‘moderate’.
