In its latest report, Nesta has called on the government to ringfence £4 million to enable data scientists to sift councils’ ‘data goldmines’.
The Howard League for Penal Reform has raised concern over the rise of suicides taking place in prisons in England and Wales.
Coventry City Council has supported a bid from Jaguar Land Rover calling on the government to back plans to build electric vehicles (EVs) in the area.
A LocalGov survey conducted in partnership with Morgan Sindall has revealed that seven out of 10 councils use the Social Value Act when commissioning or procuring services.
Reading Borough Council is to approve an additional £10.5 million in efficiency savings in a bid to fill a £42 million funding gap.
The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has called on MPs to support plans to ensure all children from poor backgrounds are automatically registered fro free school meals.
Birmingham City Council's children's services have been rated as ‘inadequate’, marking no change in rating since 2008.
Glasgow City Council has announced plans to have 50,000 new jobs and an additional 1000 new businesses by 2023.
Worcester City Council has announced that it will move to a committee-based system, after members backed the motion at a full council meeting.
A new report has discovered that 52 per cent of British adults believe that abuse and neglect in care homes for the elderly is common.
The Commons Foreign Affairs Committee has claimed that the UK government appears not to have learned the lessons from its 2011 Libya intervention.
The UK Government must protect single market status in order to avoid being ‘driven-off a hard Brexit cliff-edge’.