Figures from the CCN have indicated that local services are at breaking point as a result of an increasingly elderly population and ‘outdated’ government funding.
Prime Minister Theresa May is to host a reception at Downing Street and set out the government’s plans to tackle loneliness and social isolation.
Sajid Javid has announced that councils will receive an additional £29 million to boost their support for unaccompanied asylum seeking children.
Essex County Council’s budget proposals for 2018/19 include investment in the region’s roads, schools and homes.
Plans for Newcastle City Council and Northumberland County Council to merge their transactional services have taken a major step forward.
New research has revealed that a third of the lowest-income households in Britain have loans and credit card debts that outstrip the assets they hold.
The Environment Agency has launched a consultation on proposals to transfer ‘flood risk management activities’ of watercourses to local groups.
London’s January air quality is within legal limits for the first time in 10 years, City Hall has said.
New steps have been announced to tackle the problem of waste crime are to be granted, and further action opened for consultation in a crack-down on illegal sites.
HM Revenue and Customs has opened Tax-Free Childcare to parents whose youngest child is under nine.
A blueprint for the future of mineral prospecting and waste management in Buckinghamshire will go to public consultation before being sent to Sajid Javid, it has been agreed.
Home First, a Somerset health and social care initiative, is freeing up hospital beds by giving people the care they need at home.