After the recent announcement that Rochdale Council was to sell off three more plots of land at a £1 price tag to different housing associations, the Council's lead on housing - Cllr Dale Mulgrew has reiterated the reasons behind this policy move.
Tomorrow, the coalition government will deliver an emergency budget to bring order back to the public finances. It will be a difficult budget - but remember, as you hear it, why we have to do this.
In an article recently run by the Basingstoke Observer about re-cycling rates in Basingstoke and Dean we have sent the following letter to the editor.
The Liberal Democrat Group has responded to the list of companies to provide the County Council's new Waste Treatment Facility, and the announcement of the technology and site list.
A council has been criticised after it cancelled a travel scheme enabling elderly and disabled people access to cheap or free public transport. Eastleigh council said it believed an alternative scheme would offer a wider choice of travel options.
The social care budget needs protecting just as NHS spending has been, campaigners say. Age UK has warned that if the expected cuts to councils are made, just half the 1m people needing help at home in England will be getting it by 2012. The charity said social care should be put on the same footing as health, which will not see a funding drop.
