Community groups funding to get £2.5m boost
Small grassroots community groups including neighbourhood organisations, parishes and local voluntary groups are set to receive a funding boost
The government has announced that small...
Government promises record infrastructure investment funds
Record high infrastructure investment funds are set out in a new £500 billion government pipeline, aimed at addressing the productivity gap
The government has released...
Oxford households could lose out with new benefit cap
Oxford households could be hit hard this month as the government reduces the amount of cash a family can receive under a new benefit...
Rough sleeping in Oxford continues to be a serious challenge
Rough sleeping in Oxford remains a major challenge in the city according to a street count conducted by the City Council
The street count was...
Child asylum seekers to cost Walsall Council £1.4m
A West Midlands council could have to to pay £1.4 million in the next three years to support 15 child asylum seekers
Walsall Council aims...
Glasgow announces ambitious job creation target
Glasgow City Council have announced the UK’s most ambitious job creation target, with the aim of creating 50,000 new jobs over the next seven...
Community leisure partner appointed by district council
A district council has appointed a community leisure partner to run three leisure sites in the area, as well as implementing a new outreach...
Improved housing policy welcome, but where is social care?
Civica CEO Wayne Story gives the software and digital solutions provider’s reaction to measures announced in yesterday’s Autumn Statement, including on housing policy
Today, in...
Failure to address health and social care crisis in Autumn Statement
Anger and dismay were the reactions across the board at a lack of support for health and social care in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement
Chancellor...
Autumn Statement: Hammond looks to close productivity gap
Focusing on closing the UK’s productivity gap, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond today delivered his first – and last – Autumn Statement
The focus...
Car park makes way to 12 new affordable homes
A new £1.5m housing development has been built on the site of a former carpark, providing 12 new affordable homes for Wrexham residents
Greater Birmingham launches plan to boost economy and create jobs
A refreshed strategy to create 250,000 jobs by 2030 and boost the local economy has been launched this week in Greater Birmingham
Greater Birmingham launched...
Local authorities target debtors’ homes to recover unpaid council tax
Local authorities are increasingly having to target debtors’ homes as a way of recovering unpaid council tax, according to accountancy firm Moore Stephens
Accountancy firm...
May pledges £2bn research and development investment
In her first speech to the CBI, Prime Minister Theresa May this morning pledged £2 billion for research and development investment to put the...
Governments not ready for artificial intelligence, say tech investors
A poll of global technology investors carried out at Web Summit yesterday suggests governments are not ready for artificial intelligence and its effect on...
Reaction to Donald Trump election win at Web Summit
Donald Trump has won the US presidential race, provoking anger and indignation in speakers from the tech community at Web Summit 2016
The reactions of...
Open cities are the future, says Lisbon mayor at Web Summit
Inclusive, open cities and societies will be key as we tackle climate change and embrace technological progress, says Lisbon mayor at Web Summit
Open cities...
New lower benefits cap takes effect across UK
A new, lower benefits cap - a limit on the income working age households can receive in certain benefits - comes into force today...
High Court rules government cannot leave EU without vote
The High Court has ruled that the government cannot begin the formal process to leave the EU without first consulting Parliament
Prime Minister Theresa May...
London councils ask for help to care for refugee children
Eight London councils have written to Home Secretary Amber Rudd to ask for additional support for unaccompanied refugee children arriving from France
Refugee children need...