01 November 2023
New analysis has revealed that England’s largest councils face overspending their budgets by over £600m this year, as ‘uncontrollable’ spending pressures drive up the cost ...
Read more25 October 2023
A survey of England’s largest rural councils has revealed that three in four are rolling out demand-responsive transport (DRT) - a type of bus ...
Read more28 September 2023
A new report has found that the number of publicly-available electric vehicle charge points in England’s county and rural areas lags far behind major towns ...
Read more04 September 2023
England’s largest councils today call for the government to ‘fast track’ more devolution deals in county areas to kick-start an adult education revolution, with the ...
Read more21 August 2023
Today the BBC has published new research which finds that local authorities in England could face a funding black hole of £5.2bn by 2025/26. ...
Read more15 August 2023
A new report released today lauds ‘Virtual Schools’ as education’s hidden asset – and calls for a government review ten years after their inception to ...
Read more04 August 2023
Today the government has confirmed its ‘minded-to’ decision to transfer the economic growth and business representation functions of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) to local authorities ...
Read more28 July 2023
This morning, the Government has announced the allocation of a further £600m of funding set out in the Next Steps to Put People at the ...
Read more26 July 2023
Booking for this year's CCN Conference 2023 is now open - one of the biggest events in the local government calendar. Expect the usual ...
Read more21 July 2023
The costs of accommodating teenagers in care in semi-independent housing could be over nine times more than the government has committed up to 2026 to ...
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