It has been announced that Liverpool City Council chief executive Ged Fitzgerald will 'voluntarily step aside' after he was arrested as part of an investigation into alleged financial irregularities in the tendering of contracts to BT.
Figures have shown the number of fines for litter and dog fouling has halved for East Hampshire District Council, after it replaced private enforcement officers with its own staff.
Local councils in Surrey could be handed powers to turn street lights back on, if they pay for the cost of doing so themselves.
Homeless Link has launched a £4.5 million Social Investment Fund for organisations working to reduce homelessness.
Open data leaders are stalling, and even backsliding in their delivery of open data, the Open Data Barometer finds.
Plastic bottle deposit schemes could threaten the investment made by local authorities in infrastructure and collection services.
A new report has found that 98 per cent of councils have described their need for affordable houses as ‘severe’ or ‘moderate’.
An EEA survey has found that 20 beaches across Britain failed an assessment on the quality of their bathing water.
Over half of Northumberland's care homes have not signed contracts with the county council in a row over money, the BBC has reported.
Manchester City Council has released a statement expressed its horror following the deaths of twenty-two people, including children, at a suicide attack at Manchester Arena.
Four men including Liverpool City Council chief executive Ged Fitzgerald have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and witness intimidation.
Belfast City Council has asked the public to share their thoughts on how best to incorporate Irish, Ulster-Scots and other minority languages into its daily business.
Cardiff City Council has set out plans to almost double the number of junctions it will monitor for moving traffic offences, following a fall in the number of tickets issued, localgov has reported.
Eligible voters have until 23:59 BST to register online through the official gov.uk website for the 8 June general election.
The average asking price for homes in UK has hit a record high of £317,281, according to the property website Rightmove.