Councils will be given funding earmarked for the creation of free schools to deliver specialist places for children with ...

Councillors at Swale Borough Council were threatened and pelted with eggs by balaclava wearing protesters from the public ...

A boil water notice has been lifted in Tunbridge Wells following the water outage that was declared a major incident.

Gateshead Council has awarded two IT infrastructure contracts worth £4.5m in total to a local company to boost digital ...

Animal welfare charities and campaigners, including the RSPCA, are urging councils to stop using reindeer in their Christmas ...

A cross-government plan to ‘end homelessness for good’ by preventing it before it occurs has been launched, backed by £3.5bn ...

Councils are concerned that the most vulnerable families are missing out on benefits of their holiday activity and food (HAF) ...

Three mayoral combined authorities are to receive £500,000 each to find ways locally to tackle inequality among children.

A further £60m is to be invested in a Richer Young Lives Fund to provide youth work and activities aimed at disadvantaged ...

Councils ‘drive forward prosperity’ across England by generating £117bn annually for local economies, research has found.

Thousands of Birmingham City Council women workers will today find out how much they will receive from an equal payout offer ...

Council leaders have warned ministers some local authorities will refuse to collect food waste. The warning comes after the ...