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Place Survey axed
Wednesday, 11 August 2010

Local Government Minister Grant Shapps has scrapped the Place Survey, one of the largest surveys in Europe that was due to be conducted by local authorities this autumn.

Councils could save money by harnessing existing ICT investments
Tuesday, 10 August 2010

Local authorities could harness their existing IT investments to set up citizen-centric service portals and websites that deliver savings of up to £5 per individual transaction, according to Civica.

Plans to make greener development easier
Tuesday, 10 August 2010

The Government is taking action to shorten and simplify environmental regulations so it is easier for developers to green-proof their building projects, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has said.

Grant Shapps announces extra funding for councils who go for growth
Monday, 9 August 2010

Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today told councils that local communities who go for growth now and in the future will receive direct and substantial extra funding to spend as they wish - whether council tax discounts for local residents, boosting frontline services like rubbish collection or improving local facilities like playgrounds.

Public health funerals cost councils £1.56m a year
Monday, 9 August 2010

Thousands of people are still dying alone and lonely every year, with councils having to bury people without family or friends willing or able to pay for a funeral, according to new figures.

Londoners still back 2012 Olympic Games
Monday, 9 August 2010

Nearly two thirds of Londoners are still pleased that the capital is hosting the 2012 Games despite national economic concerns, according to the results of a YouGov survey released today by London Councils.

New measures set out to stop 'lobbying on the rates'
Friday, 6 August 2010

Plans to increase town hall transparency and stop the practice of local authorities hiring lobbyists to press-gang Government into pet funding projects or new regulations have been proposed by Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles.

Liverpool City Council gets go ahead for Neptune Theatre revamp
Friday, 6 August 2010

Liverpool City Council has received consent from the Neptune Theatre’s landlord for its refurbishment.

Manchester City Council issues CPO for fire station
Friday, 6 August 2010

Manchester City Council has made a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) for London Road Fire Station, which is owned by Britannia Hotels.

Garden grabbing concerns raised by new figures
Friday, 6 August 2010

New figures have laid bare concerns over the dramatic increase in the number of 'gardens grabbed' for development in the last 12 years.

Manchester Town Hall to be transformed
Thursday, 5 August 2010

Laing O’Rourke has won a £90million contract to refurbish Manchester City Council’s Grade II listed Town Hall Complex.

HCA launch online resource to help local authorities improve places
Thursday, 5 August 2010

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has today launched an online resource to support the local investment planning process and help local authorities to identify ways to improve their delivery of great places.

Leicester adapted homes up for grabs
Thursday, 5 August 2010

Wheelchair users will have the opportunity to bid for 100 new adapted homes that will soon be available on Leicester City Council's housing register.

Centre for Cities appoints new chief executive
Thursday, 5 August 2010

Alexandra Jones has been appointed as Centre for Cities' new chief executive.

Sandwell Council to have crunch talks over BSF cuts
Thursday, 5 August 2010

Sandwell Council leader Cllr Darren Cooper is set for crunch talks today with education secretary Michael Gove in a bid to save the borough's schools' modernisation programme from the axe.

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