Pothole repair times have improved to one every 17 seconds but the overall cost of the roads repair backlog has increased to nearly £10 billion, according to the Asphalt Industry Alliance’s Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) Survey.
The profile of Britain’s workforce has changed over the last 25 years, with a bachelor’s degree now the most common qualification, according to a report from the Resolution Foundation think tank.
The Local Government Association has launched its #CouncilsCan campaign to influence the forthcoming Spending Review.
The funding gap for the concessionary bus fare scheme in England, which gives free off-peak bus travel for older and disabled people, has grown to an estimated £652 million, new analysis for the LGA reveals.
New analysis commissioned by the LGA has revealed that building 100,000 government-funded social rent homes a year over the past two decades would have cut billions from the housing benefit bill.
Millions of low-income households facing financial difficulty, growing rent arrears and debt could improve their life chances if councils received the funding they need to provide a vital local safety net.
The amount of money spent by councils on providing support for unaccompanied children seeking asylum has almost doubled in four years, latest figures show.
Updated taxi and minicab licensing guidance has been published by the Department for Transport, which contains many LGA recommendations.
The Government is consulting over proposals to overhaul the country’s waste system, cut plastic pollution, and move towards a more circular economy.
The Government has announced that councils will benefit from more than £13 million of funding to improve parks and green spaces.