29/01/2016 - 11:34
According to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the UK economy has grown 0.5 per cent in the last quarter of 2015, taking the years rate of growth to 2.2 per cent.
29/01/2016 - 11:32
New analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA) has found that at least 80,000 social homes could be lost by 2020.
29/01/2016 - 11:28
Unison has warned that the government should not risk investing local government pension funds on government projects.
29/01/2016 - 11:27
Justice Secretary Michael Gove has announced that plans to drastically reform the operations of the legal system regarding criminal legal work and pay have been suspended.
28/01/2016 - 16:12
Local authorities in the South West have called for an increased rate of devolution in order to help boost the economy in their region.
28/01/2016 - 12:35
Local leaders will be able to take control of their own affairs after the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act receives Royal Assent today, 28 January.
28/01/2016 - 10:52
Havering council has become the first publicly-elected body in Britain to vote in favour of exiting the European Union.
27/01/2016 - 12:32
Following the storm that affected much of the United States at the weekend, the Met Office has warned that parts of the UK should prepare for more heavy rainfall and possible flooding as it makes its way across the Atlantic.
27/01/2016 - 11:18
The government’s so-called bedroom tax has been ruled as discriminatory by Court of Appeal judges, following a legal challenge submitted in November.
27/01/2016 - 11:15
The Department for Transport (DfT) has proposed that councils should be fined up to £5,000 a day for leaving roadworks unmanned during the weekends.
27/01/2016 - 11:14
Building society Nationwide has warned that a delay in building construction is likely to cause an increase in house prices over the coming months.
27/01/2016 - 11:13
A study conducted by the Smith Institute has called upon the government to introduce measures to move co-housing from the ‘margins to the mainstream’, claiming the move would make high quality, suitable and affordable developments the norm.
