E3-Modelling research finds first-mover advantage for the European Union as frontrunner in climate action
In Paris, delegates from the 196 UN parties will meet in December 2015 to negotiate a global climate agreement. Countries accounting for roughly a...
Supporting rural communities
EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan believes rural areas hold many of the solutions for 21st Century challenges, and EU programmes...
Driving culture to local communities
Open Access Government outlines how DCMS and the Museums Association help to encourage local communities to engage with the culture and heritage sector
Museums and...
Towards the EU Urban Agenda: results of the Latvian Presidency
The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia details the importance of small and medium-sized urban areas in the context...
Mobile devices on the increase in local government
New research has revealed that local government organisations issued four time more mobile devices compared with 2010 figures...
Almost 9,000 mobile devices were issued to...
Minister to raise glass for first Beer Day
Community Pubs Minister, Marcus Jones hopes Britain will join together today and raise a glass to make the first ever Beer Day…
The day aims...
Council initiative launched to strengthen communities
North Yorkshire County Council has launched a new initiative aimed at supporting and strengthening communities…
The Stronger Communities initiative will support empowered and vibrant communities...
Tower Hamlets new mayor named
Labour’s John Biggs will become Tower Hamlets directly-elected mayor after winning by nearly 32,800 votes…
After the controversies surrounding Tower Hamlets’ former mayor, it must be something...
£5bn could be cut from child tax credits
The government has announced it is considering reducing tax credits for millions of working families as it prepares to cut £12bn from the welfare...
Osborne set to implement Budget surplus law
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is expected to try to prevent future governments from overspending by maintaining a surplus when the economy is growing...
During...
Smart budgeting – smart councils
Maia Beresford and Claire Mansfield from the New Local Government Network (NLGN) shed light on how some councils are embracing new ways of budgeting…
When you...
Cameron tells ministers to back him on EU
Prime Minister David Cameron has warned his ministers to back any deal he makes in regards to the UK's relationship with the EU or...
Two Tory MPs say they will accept a pay rise
Two Conservative MPs have criticised colleagues for undermining the decision of regulatory body Ipsa to increase pay by 10 per cent...
Earlier this week it...
Chancellor announces billions in cuts
Chancellor George Osborne has revealed £4.5bn of measures he plans to enact to bring down national debt...
A new raft of austerity measures have been...
MPs to challenge emergency surveillance law
Two MPs are set to challenge the government's surveillance law, questioning whether it is compatible with human rights...
The issue of surveillance has been at...
Council houses benefit from external wall insulation
Council houses across Wrexham are set to receive a face lift due to an external improvement programme, which will insulate and improve the outer...
Council could fine homeless people up to £1,000
Under plans to tackle antisocial behaviour linked to rough sleeping and begging, homeless people in parts of east London could receive fines of up...
Residents benefit from housing improvements
Communities in Wrexham are seeing extra benefits from Housing Improvement Works. Here, the county borough council explains...
Employment and Modern Apprenticeships in Wrexham County Borough...
Regulator says MPs should get 10 per cent pay rise
The body that regulates the pay of MPs has recommended a 10 per cent pay increase, despite public sector pay freezes and significant redundancies...
Among...
Council calls for Blue Badges for over 85s
Cheshire East Council is pushing for a change to the law that would see people over 85 automatically qualify for the Blue Badge...
The Blue...
