17/08/2017 - 10:40
Simpler rules regulating how councils buy goods and services after Brexit could boost local growth and create jobs, the LGA says.
17/08/2017 - 10:24
Grants of up to £5,000 will be available for small and medium-sized businesses in Northamptonshire to help their expansion.
17/08/2017 - 10:07
£450,000 has been allocated to the Southend, Essex and Thurrock Domestic Abuse Partnership for a new ‘Perpetrator Pathway’ service.
17/08/2017 - 09:59
Oxford City Council has agreed the terms of three schemes designed to support local businesses.
16/08/2017 - 15:24
The LGA and Arts Council England have collaborated to create the first online resource to help councils develop innovative ways to invest in culture.
16/08/2017 - 11:44
London mayor Sadiq Khan has set out his innovative approach to increasing the levels of affordable housing in the capital.
16/08/2017 - 11:28
Conciliation service Acas has reported that the seven-week bin strike in Birmingham has been called off, following ‘positive’ negotiations.
16/08/2017 - 11:16
The Office for National Statistics figures show that the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.4 per cent – the lowest level since 1975.
16/08/2017 - 10:30
Basildon Council has been awarded a €600,000 share of European Regional Development Funding (ERDF) to enhance markets in the borough.
16/08/2017 - 10:15
An extra 71,000 care home places will be needed in the next eight years to cope with rising numbers of older people unable to live independently.
15/08/2017 - 14:27
The public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire will not deal with broader questions of social housing policy, the government has said.
15/08/2017 - 12:48
A £200 million plan to build a garden bridge over the River Thames in central London has officially been scrapped.
