Following the news that the UK has voted to leave the EU, council leaders have warned that the Local Government Pension Scheme could fall in value.
The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) claimed that a prolonged and continual collapse of the stock market could cause ‘huge’ problems for the pension scheme.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has released a statement calling for the government to issue greater control to councils, in order to bring communities together following the UK’s vote to leave the EU.

Welsh government figures have shown that Wales had an £86 million black hole of unpaid council tax, at the end of the financial year.

The UK has elected to leave the European Union, with 52 per cent of voters backing Vote Leave and 48 per cent voting Remain.

Sunderland City Council has announced it will set up a new organisation to deliver its children's services, after a poor Ofsted report last year.

In an attempt to save £230,000 in salary costs, the City of York Council is contemplating reorganising its senior management structure.
Such a reorganisation could see an assistant director post and a director position cut, with the new structure enabling the council to deliver its priorities while making necessary savings.
The proposals are due to go to the council's executive next week.

Sir Edward Lister has been appointed the new chairman of the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).

Sadiq Khan has said that he will review the capital’s housing zone scheme in an attempt to bring about the availability of affordable housing.

A report has called on local government to make land available for groups who desire to establish cohousing communities.
Researchers for the UK Cohousing Network believe that cohousing would prove beneficial for groups if planning, financial and development support was more widely adopted.
The report questions how social and private developers could integrate cohousing into mainstream housing developments while encouraging local authorities to make urban land cheaply available for such a project.

Polls opened at 07:00 in the referendum on whether the UK should remain a member of the European Union or leave.
In what is only the third nationwide referendum in UK political history, an estimated record number 46,499,537 people are registered to take part in the vote.
Polls close at 22:00 tonight.