GOV.UK has launched a scheme to work with 19 local authorities to explore how a secure ID assurance system can be integrated into online services.

The Accounts Commission has informed Angus Council that it must be more ambitious in making changes if it is to achieve its savings target.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has cautioned that the UK is facing a ‘critical rental shortage’ and has called on the government to offer tax breaks to encourage building and investment in the sector.
The surveyor’s body has claimed that at east 1.8 million more households will be looking to rend as opted to buy in 2025. It is also cited statistics which showed that the number of UK households renting property rose from 2.3 million in 2001 to 5.4 million in 2014.

North Lanarkshire Council has suspended three members of staff amid an ongoing investigation into corruption claims.

Wandsworth and Richmond councils are set to enforce plans which involve sharing a workforce in a bid to generate £10 million in savings per year.

Aberdeen Council is set to consult on plans to create a £120 million ‘waste to energy’ plant to deal with 150,000 tonnes of rubbish produced by the region each year.

Councils in London have generated millions of pounds from drivers who infringe on yellow box junction rules as a result of poor traffic management.

Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that the UK will begin the formal Brexit negotiation process by the end of March 2017.

MSPs are set to examine the payments received by election returning officers in Scotland following calls for reform of the system, which sees some highly-paid council chiefs collect extra substantial sums of payment.

In an interview with the BBC, Chancellor Philip Hammond has said he will focus on spending on new homes and transport, ahead of November’s Autumn Statement.