A new £30million Big Society fund to help modernise organisations that supply critical support to front-linecharities, voluntary groups and social enterprises has opened for applications today (July 18th)

London Fire Brigades Union is alarmed at a new move which could bankrupt the firm which owns London fire engines and 50,000 pieces of safety critical equipment. Any such move could see creditors move to sell the company’s assets to recover their debts (May 27th)

Jack Dromey MP, Labour's Shadow Housing Minister, responding to Grant Shapps’ suggestion that councils should offer to help pensioners move to more suitable accommodation to create space for families, said

The Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) today announced a National Digital Promise for public libraries in Wales, England and Northern Ireland that will set the standard  for digital access in libraries. This Promise sets a minimum standard of digital resources available in the more than 4000 libraries across the UK

With just 200 days to go to the beginning of the 2012 Games the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson and the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon David Cameron MP, announced today that hundreds of jobs and thousands of opportunities have been secured as global giant Balfour Beatty WorkPlace and London based Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL)...

Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles has spoken of the vital role that faith groups play in local communities, enriching neighbourhoods and improving the lives of those around them

Housing Minister Grant Shapps today hailed the rapid progress of Government plans to release formerly-used public land with enough capacity to build up to 100,000 new homes by 2015

Today the Government is launching a consultation into employment services for disabled people and seeking views on the recommendations put forward by RADAR Chief Executive Liz Sayce (July 11th)

Fire leaders are calling for public vigilance as wildfires tear through Britain’s parched countryside and parks, with many thought to have been started by arsonists (May 5th)

Communities Minister Baroness Hanham is asking people to vote out policies they think are the weakest links, in a drive to eliminate ineffective and unnecessary regulations from the country's housing laws