Councils

End to household support fund will mean ‘more people will go cold, hungry and lose their homes’
Cost of living crisis

End to household support fund will mean ‘more people will go cold, hungry and lose their homes’

‘I was fined £100 for dropping crisps’: How a private firm is making millions from littering fines
Environment

‘I was fined £100 for dropping crisps’: How a private firm is making millions from littering fines

‘I urinated myself in the opticians’: UK’s public toilet crisis makes disabled people feel like ‘prisoners’
Public toilets

‘I urinated myself in the opticians’: UK’s public toilet crisis makes disabled people feel like ‘prisoners’

Councils plead with Jeremy Hunt for urgent cash boost to keep families off the streets
Homelessness

Councils plead with Jeremy Hunt for urgent cash boost to keep families off the streets

One in 10 councils face effective bankruptcy as cost of placing children in care soars
Local government

One in 10 councils face effective bankruptcy as cost of placing children in care soars

Devon County Council pauses ‘dangerous’ homelessness prevention funding cuts
Homelessness

Devon County Council pauses ‘dangerous’ homelessness prevention funding cuts

How councils cutting homelessness funding could be damaging their communities in the long run
Homelessness

How councils cutting homelessness funding could be damaging their communities in the long run

Man dies following fire in tiny London flat housing nearly 20, despite residents’ complaints of overcrowding
Overcrowding

Man dies following fire in tiny London flat housing nearly 20, despite residents’ complaints of overcrowding

How one of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the UK is tackling the cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

How one of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the UK is tackling the cost of living crisis

‘This is austerity 2.0’: Outcry as government plots cuts to public spending
Cost of living crisis

‘This is austerity 2.0’: Outcry as government plots cuts to public spending

Ministers pledge £500m for councils to make up for lost income in lockdown
News

Ministers pledge £500m for councils to make up for lost income in lockdown

Councils are not using their powers to deal with problem landlords
News

Councils are not using their powers to deal with problem landlords

Struggling Northamptonshire council is raising council tax by five per cent
News

Struggling Northamptonshire council is raising council tax by five per cent

Local councils are borrowing billions to gamble on the property market
News

Local councils are borrowing billions to gamble on the property market