New research shows that councils are expressing concern over not being able to maintain high service quality amid increasing budget cuts.
Research conducted by the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS), Local Government Information Unit (LGiU) and PWC shows that serioud concerns over councils’ abilities to maintain service quality in the longer term because of the impact of cuts.

House prices in over half of local authority areas are more affordable now than they were in 2007.

The public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed at least 80 people in June, will begin on 14 September.
The inquiry, to be led by retired judge Sir Martin Moore-Bick, will explore the causes and eventual spread of the fire,as well as high-rise regulations and the response of the local authority.

The Cabinet Office has revealed that June's snap General Election cost taxpayers more than £140 million.
The figures, released by Minister Chris Skidmore, showed that £98 million of that sum was spent on returning officers' fees, while the remaining £42.5 million was spent on delivering election literature.
It has been reported that the cost is slightly below the approximate £142 million spent on last year's EU referendum.

The Mayor of London has announced the first of 50 ‘air quality audits’ for primary schools in the worst polluted areas in London.
As part of Sadiq Khan’s plans to tackle air quality, the aunts will identify measures to protect pupils’ health from toxic air.
They will also examine new ways to reduce emissions and exposure to pollution in and around schools.
The audits, funded by £250,000 from the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund and conduced by global engineering consultancy WSP, will be complete by the end of 2017, with reports ready by March next year.

The Environment Agency and DVSA have agreed to carry out joint operations across England to cut the transportation of illegal waste and improve road safety.

The number of homeless families in the UK has risen by more than 60 per cent and is ‘likely to have been driven by welfare reforms’, NAO has said.

UK unemployment fell by 75,000 in the three months to July, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.

Only two per cent of the UK’s council and housing association-owned tower blocks have full sprinkler systems, a BBC investigation has found.

Theresa May faces backlash over public sector pay after a decision to lift the one per cent pay cap on increases was met with derision from Labour and trade unions.