Council leaders have demanded that a forthcoming cut in funding of £1.3 billion is cancelled to stop an impending ‘catastrophic collapse’.

Food policy experts have written to every UK council advising them to set up ‘food resilience teams’ to prepare for different Brexit scenarios.

There were over 45,000 hospital operations to remove teeth in teenagers and children last year.

The government has taken over Northamptonshire County Council’s children's services department.

More than 400,000 people have been able to buy their first home thanks to the government’s Help to Buy schemes.

Councils have warned that the theft of Blue Badges used by disabled motorists in England has risen by 45 per cent in the past 12 months.
With the figures indicating a sixfold since 2013, the Local Government Association says that the increase, from 2,921 in 2017 to 4,246 in 2018, marks a rise in thefts for the fifth year running with 656 recorded in 2013.

The government is banning combustible materials on new high-rise homes and supporting to councils to carry out emergency remediation work.

The government is seeking evidence on proposals to shake-up the way local government operates in Northamptonshire.