Up to £557 million for less established renewable electricity projects as part of the government’s Clean Growth Strategy.

The London Borough of Waltham Forest has entered a new partnership with YPO to launch a new national HR procurement framework.
Believed to be the first of its kind in the UK, the Local Government Resourcing Partnership (LGRP) framework, which launched on 6 October, offers public sector organisations access to HR services.

New survey shows that over half of UK councils expect to overspend their adult social care budgets this year by up to nearly £21 million each.

New research has suggested that recent trends could see that deaths occurring in care homes more than double in the next 25 years.
A paper, published by researchers at King’s College London in Palliative Medicine, shows that the number of people dying in care homes is increasing, while the number of people dying in hospital declines.

One million households will save £120 a year when Ofgem extends its prepayment safeguard tariff for more vulnerable people this winter.

Local authorities are putting foster children at a disadvantage compared to their peers when it comes to school transport.

Local authorities could annually save up to £35 million if a deposit refund system for drinks containers was introduced in England.

Local authorities should provide specialist community care for people with learning disabilities to help avoid admissions to psychiatric wards or residential homes.

Core City leaders and mayors have called on the government to take more action on air pollution.

Nicola Sturgeon is expected to announce Glasgow as the first region in the country to implement a low emission zone to tackle pollution.