Electric vehicle charging points are planned to be available in residential streets in Portsmouth.

A digital transformation programme for two councils has helped result in millions of pounds in council tax being recouped.

The government should allow district councils to introduce a new two per cent prevention precept on council tax to invest further in prevention services.

Latest performance figures have revealed that Cumbria County Council is on track to meet its waste recycling and composting targets.
The council’s cabinet has heard that the council will reach its target of recycling or composting 60 per cent of all waste taken to its 14 Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) throughout the county.

Jonathan Ashworth has warned that government plans to cut £43 million from addiction budgets is ‘failing the most vulnerable’ in society.

Local authorities and housing associations need to have a closer relationship if the UK is to meet increasing housing needs.

New research has found that females in managerial positions in the UK earn nearly £12,000 less on average than their male counterparts.
The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and XpertHR have reported that the gender pay gap, as calculated under the new regulations, stands at 26.8 per cent, with the figures including salary and bonuses, as well as perks such as car allowance and commission.

The Welsh Local Government Association and Wales Public Services 2025 have called for an end to the ‘relentless cuts to public services’.

Newcastle City Council has announced that the building materials taken from high rise blocks in the region have passed fire safety tests.
Following the Grenfell Tower fire in June, local authorities were encouraged to test samples from their tower blocks and fire test the cladding. None of the 38 blocks in Newcastle were found to have aluminium composite material – a type of cladding used on Grenfell - with all samples passing fire tests.