Angus Council has warned its workforce could reduce by 800 full-time posts over the next three years as it faces a funding deficit of £40 million.
Ofsted has warned that ‘widespread and serious failures’ in children’s services in Croydon are putting some children at risk.
Youth organisations will receive £40 million to boost the skills and life chances of young people living in disadvantaged areas, it has been announced.
Sadiq Khan has urged the government to allow London’s boroughs to increase council tax bills for high-value homes that are left empty.
Ofsted has awarded North Lincolnshire Council an ‘outstanding’ rating for services for children in need of help and protection.
The LGA has warned that opportunities for large economic growth, jobs and housing production risk being lost because of ‘devolution deadlock’.
Unite, the UK’s largest union, has described the government’s plans to lift the public sector pay cap as a ‘drop in the ocean’.
Nicole Sturgeon will scrap the one per cent cap on public sector pay rises when she sets out her legislative plans for the coming year.
Chancellor Philip Hammond has promised to keep backing the Northern Powerhouse ahead of a meeting with three of the region’s leading politicians.
Delays to motorists caused by utility companies digging up busy roads could be halved under new proposals.
Towns and cities along Britain’s coastline are set to benefit from thousands of new jobs and millions of pounds more in visitor spending.
Fewer officers and staff, reduced budgets, new threats and increasing traditional crime to create a ‘perfect storm’ for policing.