The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has called on councils to do more to root out ‘criminal’ landlords providing sub-standard accommodation.

Bath and North East Somerset Council have announced cuts to generate £37 million in savings to compensate for ongoing government funding cuts.

Wrexham Council has received criticism over its decision to outsource its zero tolerance litter enforcement to Kingdom Security, after it was revealed the council only received 11 per cent of the firm’s £263,000 litter fines.

Manchester City Council has published its budget proposals for the next three years, outlining plans to make cuts of £30 million.
In the Autumn of 2016, the council was warned that they would have a budget shortfall of between £40 million and £75 million and the government’s financial settlement leaving the region £1.2 million worse off than anticipated.

Proposals to reclassify local authority pension funds would threaten the ability of funds within the LGPS to invest in infrastructure, experts have warned.

Andrea Leadsom has announced a funding boost of £120 million to support farmers and rural businesses across England.

The Environmental Audit Committee has warned that environmental protections must not be weakened during the process of leaving the EU.

Manchester City Council has revealed plans to dramatically increase investment in maintaining the city's roads over the next five years.
To get roads to, and maintain them at, a good standard, the council is investing £100 million in road maintenance, with £80 million devoted to a comprehensive programme of resurfacing and other maintenance designed to tackle potholes and stay on top of repairs.

The new Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) is set to have the largest fuel cell installation in the UK.
Aberdeen City Council has signed a deal with Doosan Babcock that will see the £333 million centre supplied with low emission fuel cells, creating a dedicated on-site energy centre to provide power, heat and cooling.
It is hoped that the new centre will generate 600 new jobs during the construction period and 352 full-time-equivalent permanent positions by year 10 of operations. This forms a ket part of the council’s Strategic Infrastructure Plan.

According to the Department for Transport (DfT), drivers who misuse blue badges for the disabled are left unpunished by 40 per cent of councils in England.