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Michael Burton asks how much of the 'largesse, if any' of both of the main parties' election spen...

Progress in reducing emissions from heating and transport continues to lag well behind the UK's r...

A council pension scheme has become one of the first to invest in a new ‘green’ fund which suppor...

Councils are spending over £93m a year on bed and breakfast accommodation, a figure which is nine...

Almost half of council chief officers are still unsure whether superfast 5G broadband will arrive...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised more devolved powers to councils outside the big cities...

Local authorities are aware 5G is imminent and could have a dramatic effect on their frontline se...

Michael Burton says the worry as the next Spending Review gets under way is that a bad or no-deal...

This week’s Green Budget by the Institute for Fiscal Studies warns that the increases in the Spen...

Austerity could make a comeback if the Government is unable to fund its spending increases throug...