09/09/2016 - 11:13
Business secretary Sajid Javid has announced that the £900 million North East devolution deal is ‘off the table’, after four out of the seven local authorities voted against the plans.
09/09/2016 - 11:01
Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced he will deliver his first Autumn Statement on Wednesday 23 November.
09/09/2016 - 10:53
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on the government to ban the use of ‘golden hellos’ by independent fostering agencies attempting to encourage foster carers away from local authorities.
09/09/2016 - 10:32
Hull City Council has confirmed it has approved plans to build more than 100 new homes, as part of a £17 million scheme to regenerate the region’s Fruit Market area.
09/09/2016 - 10:21
Dumfries and Galloway Council has reduced its staff numbers by around 600 full-time positions, in the space of a year.
09/09/2016 - 09:42
Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that the expansion of grammar schools in England will be accompanied by conditions requiring them to accept a proportion of children from low-income families.
08/09/2016 - 15:06
The second round of the Community Minibus Fund has been launched by Transport Minister Andrew Jones.
08/09/2016 - 10:38
New approaches to make the UK more resilient to flooding have been outlined in the government’s National Flood Resilience Review.
08/09/2016 - 10:17
The Adam Smith Institute has branded the High-Speed 2 rail project ‘economically irresponsible’ and has called for it to be scrapped.
08/09/2016 - 09:56
A public consultation has shown support for proposals to devolve power and funding from Westminster to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
08/09/2016 - 09:47
A London MP has said as he urged politicians to support homelessness reforms, labelling the current situation as an ‘absolute disgrace’.
08/09/2016 - 09:38
A Welsh council leader has said he does not believe the merging of councils will happen for at least 10 years.
