The Government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill to reform the planning system has received Royal Assent this week.

Wigan Council and AllChild are proving that long-term, community-driven programmes can improve outcomes for children while ...

The council notes that a private members bill by children’s minister Josh MacAllister MP had initially aimed to make all schools phone-free but this element of his bill was withdrawn. In November, ...

Almost half of councils will see funding fall in real terms under the local government finance settlement, according to ...