28/03/2018 - 09:40
The Environment Secretary has announced that a deposit return scheme to increase recycling rates and reduce waste pollution will be consulted upon.
27/03/2018 - 14:32
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has announced action to ensure that Northamptonshire County Council improves its financial management.
26/03/2018 - 10:44
Sajid Javid has written to 15 local authorities to inform them of decisions on intervention following their continued failure to produce a local plan.
22/03/2018 - 15:46
What has been deemed an ‘historic error’ by the government has seen local councils overpaid a total of £36 million more than they were entitled to.
22/03/2018 - 12:01
The Select Committee on the Natural Environment and Rural Communities has urged for a radical change in how the countryside is looked after.
22/03/2018 - 10:38
The LGA has expressed concern over an initiative for children leaving care only having enough funding to support one in five young people.
21/03/2018 - 14:23
A planned merger between Somerset’s West Somerset and Taunton Deane Borough councils has been approved despite growing criticism.
21/03/2018 - 12:00
The CIH has revealed that government investment in building new homes has plummeted while spending on housing benefit has soared.
21/03/2018 - 10:53
Alun Davies has published plans that could see Wales' 22 councils merged to as few as ten, as part of local government reform proposals.
20/03/2018 - 17:15
A process will be established to consult local government on matters previously consulted on through the EU Committee of the Regions.
20/03/2018 - 11:18
The government should consider scrapping the current ‘regressive’ council tax system in favour of a fairer system.
20/03/2018 - 10:38
Andy Burnham has called for increased devolution to English regions to maintain stability and growth across the country during the Brexit process.
15/03/2018 - 14:29
Sajid Javid has recommended ‘a new start’ for Northamptonshire County Council which would best be achieved through the creation of two new unitary councils’.
14/03/2018 - 09:26
Five English councils are planning to adopt new integration plans to deal with problems of segregation.
13/03/2018 - 09:16
Buckinghamshire County Council has welcomed news that the government is ‘minded’ to replace its existing five councils with a single council for the region.
