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Welsh Government proposes lowering voting age for council elections

By William Eichler | 29 January 2018

The Welsh Government has laid out proposals for extending the right to vote in council elections ...

Essex to take lead over Barnet's 'inadequate' children's services

By William Eichler | 26 January 2018

Essex CC has been appointed Barnet LBC’s improvement partner after the latter’s children’s servic...

Watchdog warns of 'serious concerns' over Clackmannanshire's finances

By William Eichler | 25 January 2018

Scotland's smallest mainland council must take ‘decisive action’ to find nearly £30m in savings o...

Rural elderly face 'terrifying' social care crisis

By William Eichler | 25 January 2018

Elderly people living in rural parts of the country are facing a ‘terrifying’ social care crisis.

'Fragmented' approach to child health damaging nation, paediatricians say

By William Eichler | 23 January 2018

The Government’s ‘fragmented’ approach to children's health is damaging the nation, paediatrician...

Remove local authority housing borrowing cap - MPs

By William Eichler | 22 January 2018

The cap on how much councils can borrow to build housing must be lifted if the Government is to r...

Health funding wasted on short-term bailouts, watchdog warns

By William Eichler | 19 January 2018

Extra health and social care funding is being used to tackle short-term pressures rather than lon...

Welsh councils welcome health and social care review

By William Eichler | 16 January 2018

Welsh local authority leaders have welcomed the publication of a report into the sustainability o...

Bristol to investigate failures after murder

By William Eichler | 16 January 2018

Councillors in Bristol have agreed to launch an investigation into how the council failed to supp...

Whitehall announces panel to investigate slow rate of housebuilding

By William Eichler | 15 January 2018

The Government has unveiled the panel of experts who will review the gap between the number of pl...