Local authorities may withdraw from providing asylum accommodation because they take on a “disproportionate share” of responsibilities with little support, MPs have warned.
Increasing levels of child poverty are affecting children and young people’s education, with schools dealing with ‘Dickensian’ levels of squalor, a major teaching union has warned.
A married couple have been sentenced after attempting to defraud companies by selling false advertising space that they claimed supported emergency services.
Austerity is not yet over for local government, representatives said as they criticised the government for failing to provide sustainability in the provisional finance settlement.
Councils’ spending power could rise to £46.4bn next year, a real-terms increase, local government secretary James Brokenshire revealed as he published the provisional settlement today.
The auditor general for Wales has issued public interest reports highlighting failures in financial management and governance at three community councils.
