The cap on how much councils can borrow against their housing revenue account will be scrapped and austerity brought to an end, Theresa May announced in her speech to the Conservative Party...
Local government finances are to come under greater pressure and there will be “few winners”, a CIPFA and Institute for Government fringe at the Conservative Party conference has heard.
Councils and their local public service partners will receive a new statutory duty to work together to combat serious violence, home secretary Sajid Javid has announced.
Prime minister Theresa May today set out plans to end free movement “once and for all” by introducing a single immigration scheme for both EU and non-EU nationals.
The health secretary’s promise of £240m extra to help keep older people out of hospitals this winter has been called a “partial fix” by council and social care leaders.
Work and pensions secretary Esther McVey announced to the Conservative Party conference today £39m is to be given to a support service to help people access universal credit.
