Smaller unitary authorities have a “natural advantage” in providing children’s services, according to a study.

A new ethics watchdog is to be set up as part of a drive to improve integrity in public life. - Short form article, Ethics, Ethics and Integrity Commission, Committee on Standards in Public Life, ...

- Short form article, , ,The government’s major infrastructure ambitions risk being derailed by the absence of a credible pipeline of projects, an influential group of MPs has warned.

- Short form article, , ,The mayors of two of England’s most popular tourist cities have written to deputy prime minister Angela Rayner to request she convene a round table discussion on the subject ...