Councils with ideas for approaching their finances “more flexibly” this year should feel able to speak with the government, secretary of state Angela Rayner has said, vowing to work collaboratively...
Government plans to overhaul “the creaking local planning committee system” need to be backed up by resources, an expert has warned after Angela Rayner set out her reform ambitions.
Local authorities could be required to replace homes sold under Right to Buy on a like-for-like basis as part of a government plan to reverse the decline in council housing.
Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has pledged to “change the future of the North of England” so those living there are “no longer dictated to from Whitehall”.
Labour would scrap academies and free schools and return control of education back to councils, shadow education secretary Angela Rayner told the party’s conference in Liverpool today.
