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Markham Vale reveals positive jobs creation results

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 September 2015

Derbyshire CC’s flagship regeneration site Markham Vale has created more than 730 jobs on site wi...

Lime Street Neptune scheme on track

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 September 2015

A £35m regeneration scheme in Liverpool can go ahead after the Government announced it would not ...

Cuts to renewable energy plans could be 'devastating'

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 September 2015

Local government leaders have called on the Government to help shield councils from the full impa...

Unions back bin collection switch

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 August 2015

Liverpool workers have backed plans to transfer bin collection services to a council-owned company.

King's Fund urges government to 'try harder' with social care

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 August 2015

A leading healthcare think-tank has said the Government must try harder on social care after the ...

Four out of five celebrate access to high-speed broadband

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 August 2015

Local authorities have been celebrating the latest set of official figures for the take-up of hig...

Scots councils join forces to fill care gap

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 August 2015

North and South Ayrshire councils have stepped in to protect homecare services after a local prov...

CA staffing fears put council's lift plans on hold

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 August 2015

A town hall lift has become the latest casualty in the combined authority push.

Consortium to build £5.3m visitor centre in Sherwood Forest

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 August 2015

A consortium led by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is expected to build and...

Mental health ringfence to continue in Wales

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 August 2015

The Welsh Government has announced it will continue to ringfence mental health spending.