09/05/2017 - 12:18
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has warned that councils are failing to apply planning guidance that is designed to protect countryside growth plans.
09/05/2017 - 12:01
West Suffolk councillors are considering plans to create a new single council to meet future challenges and better drive prosperity in the region.
09/05/2017 - 11:38
Local government branches in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are being consulted over the pay claim for the next pay round.
09/05/2017 - 09:38
Prof John Middleton, president of the Faculty of Public Health, has advised that smoking should be banned in some new council homes to protect the health of children.
08/05/2017 - 12:28
As his first act as the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham has donated 15 per cent of his salary to kick start the Homelessness fund.
08/05/2017 - 12:01
Facebook has increased its campaign against fake news, by publishing adverts in the UK press, containing a list of tips to help the public decide whether a story is genuine.
08/05/2017 - 11:26
Corby Borough Council is planning to cut the wages paid to apprentices so they are no longer earning the same as their instructors.
08/05/2017 - 10:17
Suffolk Coastal District Council has received £35,000 in funding to help deliver an innovative health project in Leiston, to help give people with long term health conditions non-medical support from the local community.
05/05/2017 - 16:22
A paper allegedly leaked to civil liberties body the Open Rights Group has suggested that the government is considering the ‘live’ surveillance of British web users’ internet communications.
05/05/2017 - 14:34
The government has published its plan to improve air quality by reducing nitrogen dioxide levels in the UK, following delays and legal battles with environment groups.
05/05/2017 - 11:22
IPPR North has called on the six elected Metro Mayors and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to unite to call for sweeping new powers over education, health and employment, with strong local checks-and-balances.
05/05/2017 - 10:37
A new report by researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) which analyses official spending data on councils’ social care spending has found one-in-ten authorities made cuts of more than a quarter.
