Announced in December, Levelling up Secretary Michael Gove has now signed a deal which has allocated £1.4 billion of funding over the next 30 years for the devolved North East
Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman complaints resolution investigation between London Borough of Ealing and the National Fostering Agency (NFA) highlights the need to check what you can and can't share.
The work, which is expected to be carried out on hundreds of properties over the coming months, will be aimed at bringing poor quality homes up to the Government’s ‘Decent Homes Standard’.
Local government has paid tribute to Professor John Stewart, one of the most influential local government academics of the 20th century, after he died peacefully at home on Wednesday.
Research commissioned by the County Councils Network (CCN) showed that the per-capita ratio of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in England’
Government plans to enforce the Building Safety Act have become slightly clearer as the current Levelling Up Secretary Greg Clark announced that contracts to turn the Building Safety Pledge into legally binding requirements have been sent to major housebuilders
Disjointed nature of national funding schemes makes it difficult to join up provision for learners, unemployed people, career changers and businesses, says Association
Clear framework for delivery, coherent policy and appropriate long-term funding all required to meet net zero targets says ADEPT
Falkland Islands capital Stanley is the first Overseas Territory to win the civic honour
Work Local – Unlocking talent to level up sets out ways Government could improve its approach to matching jobseekers with vacancies
Fit for the Future - the District Role in Health Wellbeing shows that engagement of just over 1 million of the inactive population of England in a prescribed leisure services programme could, over a ten year period, provide a direct saving to the NHS of £314 million for the cost of treatment.
“Mini-Holland” feasibility studies aim to assess how the areas could be as pedestrian and cycle-friendly as their Dutch city equivalents.
Due to come into force this July, Tyneside transport chiefs have confirmed that a new Clean Air Zone (CAZ) has been postponed indefinitely.
In the first three months of this year, 170,000 hours of home care each week could not be delivered, the survey suggests.
Government plans to address the rights of tenants and also strengthen the rights of private renters.