The LGA is calling on the MoJ to urgently announce this year’s funding to avoid further hampering efforts to plan youth offending services.

Mobile UK has revealed that fewer than a third of local plans make reference to mobile connectivity.

Glasgow has unveiled plans to become the first UK city to reduce its greenhouse emissions to net-zero.

An analysis carried out for Age UK has prompted warning that the system for looking after frail older people in England is falling apart.
The ageing charity found that approximately 30 per cent of areas now have no residential care beds, with what are being dubbed ‘care deserts’ emerging. The situation is worse for nursing homes, with more than 60 per cent having no places.
Age UK says that the situation has now reached a point where about 1.4 million older people are not getting the care they need - translating to nearly one in seven of the over-65 population.

Six out of 10 retailers in some areas are breaking the law on underage knife sales, with alack of council funding preventing intervention.

PHE and CIPFA are collaborating to make the case that prevention and promoting good health is an important investment for our country.

Two new councils are to be established in Northamptonshire to improve the delivery of public services across the county.

A year after the Homelessness Reduction Act, progress on youth homelessness prevention has been found to be 'patchy'.

The IFS has warned that inequalities in pay and opportunities in the UK are becoming so extreme they are threatening democracy.