Newcastle City Council has received £16 million to support the construction of thousands of new homes.

Analysis of councils’ Brownfield Land Registers has demonstrated the huge potential that building on vacant land has for the regeneration of towns and cities.

A new CCS agreement designed to give better value for money for public sector housing maintenance and security has been awarded.

A committee of MPs has called on the government to take urgent action to enable local authorities to prepare for the consequences of Brexit.

£3 million has been made available to fund 28 innovative projects to improve air quality across local authorities in England.

East Suffolk Council - a brand new local authority replacing Suffolk Coastal and Waveney - began operating on 1 April 2019.
In January 2017, the two previous councils of Suffolk Coastal and Waveney agreed to create a new, ‘super district’, to deliver services to communities across east Suffolk and now, after 11 years working in partnership the two have become one.

The number of primary school children in Pupil Referral Units more than doubled since 2011.

The government is reportedly consulting on plans to launch a new register of children in England who are being educated at home.
Government officials say a register would help councils to intervene when standards are poor or if children are at risk, with it being the parents' responsibility to register their child if they were not attending a state school or registered private school. It is currently estimated that the number of children being home educated in England has risen to 60,000.