Wooden trees and houses.

A partnership with Oxford City Council and the Environment Agency is set to secure 18,000 new homes while also maintaining high standards of environmental protection. 

Councils are to receive £500 million to restore family services.

Busy London traffic

For the first time since 2011, London boroughs are raising parking and traffic penalty charges, which will come into effect from Monday 7th April 2025.

HVO trucks

North Ayrshire Council has announced it has switched 36 refuse collection vehicles from diesel to Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO).

Aerial view of housing estate.

A new report by the County Councils Network (CCN) has backed up government proposals for the creation of new unitary councils in England, although new authorities must cover areas of ‘at least’ half a million people to save billions and free up investment.

Block of council flats in Hackney

Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, will attend MIPIM, the world’s most influential property event, in France to try and seek investment to help build thousands of more affordable homes in the capital. 

The government has announced up to £33 million will be directed to the Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF).

£129 million has been released by the UK Government to support public service transformation in Northern Ireland.

£1.5 billion is to be allocated to neighbourhoods across the country, as part of the Plan for Neighbourhoods.

Wales is set to receive £100 million of funding through the government’s Plan for Neighbourhoods to tackle deprivation and turbocharge

The National Audit Office has published a report looking at financial sustainability in local government.

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has delivered a keynote speech at the Convention of the North, reaffirming the government’s commitment to

London skyline.

The mayor of London and London Councils have announced their London Growth plan which aims to turbocharge economic growth and boost productivity and prosperity across the capital.

A new report by the County Councils Network (CCN), County Spotlight, has revealed that almost nine in ten of England’s largest councils are using artificial intelligence, yet are held back from rolling out this technology more widely due to a lack of staff capacity, funding, and training.

Child on playground.

The Raising the National Plan Commission, a year-long independent inquiry into why play is critical to the wellbeing of children in England, has published its Interim Report, ‘State of Play’.

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