Projects include green ‘pollution barriers’ for schools, plus new green spaces for housing estates, community gardens to help improve mental health and wildlife habitats in parks.  

Scotland’s Finance Secretary has announced that health services and public services will benefit from more than £2 billion.

The Local Government Association is launching a new campaign to influence the forthcoming Spending Review.

Cheshire East is the top unitary authority for the number of library books loaned per 1,000 population.

Gloucestershire County Council’s budget for 2019/20 will see almost £11 million extra invested into children’s services.

The total number of people counted or estimated to be sleeping rough on a single night in England has risen 165 per cent since 2010.

A new report has found that creative engagement helped reinforce council housing and its tenants at the heart of communities.
The Local Government Association and Tpas report, which sets out the findings of detailed research across 35 councils and 20 arms-length management organisations, calls on the government to allow councils to keep 100 per cent of their Right to Buy receipts and set discounts locally so councils can replace any homes sold.

A £70 billion plan to transform transport links across the north of England has been unveiled.

Young people who give up time to care for someone they live with are experiencing widespread problems with their mental well-being.

Improvements to housing, night-time economies, public realm and events are the main priority areas for the vitality of town and city centres.