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 ...

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

Oxford City Council has passed a motion supporting a boycott of Israel, citing rulings by the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

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 ...

With momentum for a national record of asbestos in public buildings, Nicola Dawn, a Partner at Forbes Solicitors, looks at ...

A tax to fund the removal of unsafe cladding from homes has been delayed one year over fears it might undermine the Government's housebuilding plans.

Newport CC is planning to set up an arm's-length trading company to take over the maintenance of its properties.