Report highlights UK’s return to inequality

1 February 2017
Report highlights UK’s return to inequality
A new report has warned that Britain is on course for the biggest increase in inequality since those experienced under Thatcher’s government.

Enfield Council invests £58m in local energy company

31 January 2017
Enfield Council invests £58m in local energy company
Enfield Council has announced it will invest £58 million in the region’s local energy company ‘energetik’, a move which it claims will ‘secure north London’s energy future’.

UK fostering system unsustainable, charity warns

31 January 2017
UK fostering system unsustainable, charity warns
A report by the Fostering Network has warned that the UK’s fostering system is under ‘unsustainable strain’, and is only being held together by the ‘goodwill and commitment’ of foster carers.

East Dorset DC rejects merger proposal

31 January 2017
East Dorset DC rejects merger proposal
East Dorset District Council has voted against a plan to replace Dorset’s nine councils with two unitary authorities.

LGA raises concern over council ability to fulfil Care Act duties

31 January 2017
LGA raises concern over council ability to fulfil Care Act duties
The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that the continued underfunding of social care is making it ‘impossible’ for councils to fulfil their legal duties under the Care Act.

MPs begin two days of Brexit debate

31 January 2017
MPs begin two days of Brexit debate
MPs are set to begin two days of debate over the government's parliamentary bill to start the formal process of Britain’s exit from the EU.

Asylum accommodation uninhabitable, MPs say

31 January 2017
Asylum accommodation uninhabitable, MPs say
The Home Affairs Committee has published a report warning that some asylum seekers have been placed in accommodation infested by rats, mice and insects after arriving in the UK.
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