Oxford CC has passed a motion reaffirming its ‘duty’ to avoid trade with countries violating international law against the ...

MPs have called for action to help local authorities in London tackle the rising costs of providing homelessness support.

A woman in Croydon sustained a serious back injury using an NHS bed turning aid after the local authority cut funding for her ...

Councils should reassess China-related activities to ensure they can access opportunities to emerge from closer ties between ...

Unite has accused Aberdeen City Council of threatening workers with ‘fire and rehire’ proposals as part of an industrial ...

Birmingham City Council will begin a consultation on compulsory redundancies in an effort to end the bin strike, a move Unite ...

Almost one in three children are living in relative poverty, according to the latest figures from the Department for Work and ...

Department for Education figures have revealed that the shortage of places in special schools for secondary pupils in England ...

Ministers are likely to reject plans for children’s or adult social care trusts that come as part of local government ...

The leader of Telford & Wrekin Council has welcomed the Chancellor’s Spring Statement announcement of a five-year £1.6bn defence contract extension.

In a letter to council chief executives, the Home Office said it had asked for Stay Belvedere Hotels Limited (SBHL), a sub-contractor of Clearsprings Ready Homes to be ‘removed from the supply chain ...

Statement has highlighted the benefit of housebuilding for improving public finances and focused on defence investment for ...