12 November 2024
A new report reveals that a third of vulnerable young people in council care last year had to be placed in accommodation miles from their home, with local authorities warning ...
11 November 2024
Today, the Chairman of the County Councils Network (CCN) has called on the government to ‘rethink’ its approach to distributing council funding next year, warning ...
Read more11 November 2024
Councils are today calling for the needs of hundreds of thousands of working age adults and life-long disabled people requiring social care not to be ...
Read more30 October 2024
Today the Chancellor has delivered her Autumn 2024 Budget, which included an additional £1.3bn for local government in 2025-26. This additional grant funding for ...
Read more28 October 2024
Today the government has announced that the bus fare cap will stay in place until the end of 2025, but will be raised from £2 ...
Read more24 October 2024
Today the National Audit Office has released a new report Support for young people with special educational needs (SEN), which examines issues within the system ...
Read more23 October 2024
New analysis has found that 5.6 million tonnes of packaging waste was binned by households last year, as councils call on new reforms to ...
Read more21 October 2024
Twenty-six of England’s largest councils could have to declare bankruptcy by 2027 if the multi-billion special educational needs and disabilities services (SEND) deficits they are ...
Read more03 October 2024
Councils today warn that unless the government acts in the Budget and Spending Review, local authorities in England face a funding shortfall of £54bn over ...
Read more30 September 2024
Today the County Councils Network (CCN) releases its latest County Spotlight report, which focuses on some of the vital yet unsung services county and unitary ...
Read more27 September 2024
Councils which cover county and rural areas warn that their communities face a developer ‘free for all’ and could be left at the mercy of ...
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