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Westminster City Council planning ‘to send residents to Coventry’
The local Labour group heavily criticises the Conservative Westminster City Council’s plans to put homeless residents into private rented accommodation
Conservative-led Westminster City Council announced...
Centre for Brexit Studies to open at Birmingham City University
Birmingham City University announces the launch of a Centre for Brexit Studies this month as the UK prepares for the process of leaving the...
Promoting arts and culture will be key in post-Brexit UK, say ministers
Ministers insist that promoting UK arts and culture abroad will be essential post-Brexit, with museums, galleries and theatres playing a key part
Art galleries, museums,...
New ombudsman for local council complaints takes office
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid confirms the appointment of Michael King as the Local Government Ombudsman, dealing with local council complaints
After being confirmed by Communities...
Lincolnshire street lighting project enters final phase
Work to introduce more cost-effective Lincolnshire street lighting is continuing in and around Boston, Skegness and Mablethorpe over the next few months
Lincolnshire County Council...
UK’s top diplomat in European Union resigns
Downing Street confirms that Sir Ivan Rogers, the UK’s top diplomat in the European Union, has resigned just months before Brexit negotiations are due...
Post-Brexit future of UK science and research needs bold action
The government should take bold steps to secure the post-Brexit future of UK science and research, according to a new Lords report
The Lords Science...
Staff cuts could be on the cards at Oxfordshire County Council
Oxfordshire County Council staff numbers could be scaled back as part of plans to create leaner services
UK citizens’ rights should not be a Brexit bargaining chip
The government must not use the fundamental rights of UK citizens or EU nationals as a Brexit bargaining chip, say the Joint Committee on...
UK unemployment rate still lowest in over a decade
Figures released today show the UK unemployment rate still at its lowest since 2005, but a rise in the number of Universal Credit claimants
The...
Lords Committee calls for new UK-Irish agreement before Brexit
The Lords European Union Committee is calling for a new bilateral UK-Irish agreement ahead of Brexit, recognising the special relationship between the two
The European...
Community groups funding to get £2.5m boost
Small grassroots community groups including neighbourhood organisations, parishes and local voluntary groups are set to receive a funding boost
The government has announced that small...
Government promises record infrastructure investment funds
Record high infrastructure investment funds are set out in a new £500 billion government pipeline, aimed at addressing the productivity gap
The government has released...
Oxford households could lose out with new benefit cap
Oxford households could be hit hard this month as the government reduces the amount of cash a family can receive under a new benefit...
Rough sleeping in Oxford continues to be a serious challenge
Rough sleeping in Oxford remains a major challenge in the city according to a street count conducted by the City Council
The street count was...
Child asylum seekers to cost Walsall Council £1.4m
A West Midlands council could have to to pay £1.4 million in the next three years to support 15 child asylum seekers
Walsall Council aims...
Glasgow announces ambitious job creation target
Glasgow City Council have announced the UK’s most ambitious job creation target, with the aim of creating 50,000 new jobs over the next seven...
Community leisure partner appointed by district council
A district council has appointed a community leisure partner to run three leisure sites in the area, as well as implementing a new outreach...
Improved housing policy welcome, but where is social care?
Civica CEO Wayne Story gives the software and digital solutions provider’s reaction to measures announced in yesterday’s Autumn Statement, including on housing policy
Today, in...
Failure to address health and social care crisis in Autumn Statement
Anger and dismay were the reactions across the board at a lack of support for health and social care in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement
Chancellor...
