Elizabeth Truss has announced that a new frontline service focused on reforming offenders and cutting crime will launch in April 2017.

The Green Party has launched a campaign calling for action to improve air quality in Sheffield.

Clive Lewis has resigned from the shadow cabinet following the passing of the Brexit Bill through the House of Commons.

Inverclyde council has announced plans to freeze its basic council tax bills.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has called on the government to do more to demonstrate the actual value for money of green energy schemes paid for by bill payers.

A report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned that tax is expected to rise as a share of the UK’s income, to its highest level in 30 years.

Edinburgh Council has approved a plan for the Lothian Chambers, a B-Listed building on George IV Bridge, to host the French consulate, and take on a new lease of life as Scotland’s ‘House of France’.

The Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has confirmed that it has used £430,000 of public funding to repair the Gobbins Cliff Path in County Antrim, after it was shut as a result of storm damage.

Surrey Council has scrapped its plans to increase its council tax by 15 per cent, and has instead approved a rise of 4.99 per cent.

A report conducted by Reform has outlined that the increasing advances in technology, means that managers could develop ‘leaner and better performing’ workforces which would ultimately deliver better public services.

A town council in Devon has been held to ransom by hackers demanding £3000 in return for public data.

The new housing strategy for England will include plans to force councils to plan for their local housing needs and grant them powers to pressure developers to start building on land they own.

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