A beach-crowd management app developed by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council is set to go national after being backed by central government.

Councils spent £142 million placing homeless households in bed and breakfasts in 2019/20, a 430 per cent increase compared to 2010/11.

Labour is urging the government to drop their ‘undemocratic’ and ‘discriminatory’ plans to make photo ID mandatory at the next election.

The government has announced that 20 organisations in England will benefit from £60 million to protect our national heritage for future generations.

Eddie Hughes has recognised the vital work of councils to mobilise their efforts to combat climate change and meet our ambitious net zero targets.
The Parliamentary Under Secretary for MHCLG was speaking at London Climate Action Week, detailing how councils’ expert knowledge of their communities allow them to help deliver net zero across energy, housing and transport in ways most suited to people in their area.

The NAO has found that a new national funding formula has contributed to a shift in the balance of funding from more deprived schools to less deprived schools.

Slough Borough Council will be pausing non-essential spending, in response to a report by the Director of Finance into the state of the council’s finances.

Ten local authorities have signed up to a controversial Home Office service that could lead to the removal of some migrant rough sleepers from the UK.

Bristol City Council has said that the city’s clean air zone will be introduced in the summer of 2022 to help tackle pollution in the region.

Glasgow has become the first city in the UK to sign the Circular Cities Declaration, one of the leading European cities working in the circular economy.