Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) is set to receive a £1.2 billion City Deal, signed by ten local authorities in the area and the UK and Welsh governments.

A committee of MPs has recommended that the government should give some women early access to their state pension if they agree to accept lower weekly payments.

According to research by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), investment in affordable renting will fall to its lowest level since the Second World War.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned Chancellor George Osborne that further cuts to local government spending would represent a ‘false economy’.

A system that allows drivers to appeal parking tickets online has been launched by Brighton and Hove City Council.

London’s Deputy Mayor Edward Lister has urged that the localisation of business rates to local authorities must happen ‘as soon as possible’.

Councils have been granted the power to generate funds to improve local services through selling off surplus assets.

According to a survey conducted by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), councils outside of London are considering increasing council tax by an average of 3.6 per cent.

Sandwell Council has become the seventh and final council in the West Midlands to sign up to a proposed new West Midlands Combined Authority (WCMA).
Sandwell will join councils which have already agreed to become members, including Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton.
The decision means the parliamentary process can now resume for the new authority to be established in June.

According to an AA survey, 39 per cent of drivers have had their vehicles damaged by potholes over the last two years.