Council leaders have united to campaign against austerity only for the most deprived areas of the country.
A new report from UNISON has argued that public services support staff are doing more than 40 million hours of unpaid overtime a year.
Angela Rayner is set to tell the Labour Party conference in Liverpool that the current school system is ‘simply not fit for purpose’.
New workforce figures from Skills for Care have revealed that 110,000 jobs in adult care in England are currently left vacant.
Councils seeking to transform their public services through digital innovation can now apply to a new £7.5 million fund.
Local authorities have been encouraged to consider replacing high polluting vehicles with low-emission ones at the end of their working life.
An investigation into council spend has revealed large inconsistencies in how local councils keep and record information.
New research has found that, despite the collapse of Carillion, more than half of English council spending goes to a handful of the top suppliers.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has announced its ambition to convert its entire fleet to green vehicles.
£1.4 million will help demonstrate how digital information sharing can improve care and support for people needing social care services.
Adult social care system is at heightened risk of collapse as increasing strain is being put on millions of unpaid carers.
The CCN has warned that the ‘worst is yet to come’ as it predicts ‘unpalatable cutbacks’ next year amid further reductions to local authority funding.