The Social Market Foundation has said that giving local residents a greater say over proposed construction in their area could help fix the UK’s housing crisis.
Increasing demand to help safeguard children will see future cost pressures in children’s social care increase by an estimated £600 million each year until 2024/25.
Campaign for Better Transport is calling for more to be done to deliver a zero-emission bus fleet as only a minority are currently electric.
Over 1,000 homes a day could be retrofitted with low-carbon efficiency measures by councils by 2030 - reducing energy bills by nearly £700 million.
Introducing universal free garden waste collections is ‘unnecessary’ and will not solve the issue of garden waste ending up in landfill, says LGA.
Council leaders have said that long-term investment in public sport and leisure facilities is key to supporting efforts to tackle health inequalities.
Innovative digital tools to help local people have their say in the planning process will be trialled in 13 areas across England.
The government has announced that vulnerable renters struggling due to the impact of the pandemic will be helped by a new £65 million support
The LGA is to launch a new programme to help communities become better places to be born, grow, live and age well.
MPs and the County Councils Network have warned that rural shires could be the ‘poor relation’ to cities in the government’s gigabit rollout.
£4.3 million of funding targets 100,000 engagements with the worst performing properties
Speaking to LBC this morning, Dominic Raab said it would be a "fitting tribute" to Sir David to give city status to Southend-on-Sea
The Southend West MP was stabbed multiple times at a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex on Friday afternoon in an incident that is being treated as terror-related.
Boroughs have declared a new plan to achieve net zero across all London properties , which could result in massive environmental benefits.
Northern leaders are putting forward a collective partnership offer to the government, setting out how the North can deliver on the levelling up promise.