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More than 13,500 affordable homes ‘potentially lost through office conversions’

Mobile users ‘may not be receiving signal they expect from coverage checkers’

Local government officials demand action on ‘unsustainable’ social care funding

Councils voice infrastructure fears after boom in barn conversions

Make it easier for people to legally dump waste, environmental campaigners urge

NHS trusts to take Government to court over rates bills

Young adults ‘half as likely to own a home now as 20 years ago’

Calls for tougher sentences for fly-tippers as incidents rise 40%

Councils warn against cuts to youth offending teams amid spate of knife crime

45,000 hospital ops to remove children’s teeth last year

Number of vehicles on England's roads jumps by 2.5m in five years

Swimmers must be aware of drowning risk, say council leaders

Councils want more powers to put brakes on lorries 'chaos'

Impact of online shopping on roads should be 'national priority'

Councils 'should improve footpaths to help more people get active'

Barn conversion developments 'could heap more pressure on rural infrastructure'

Latest figures spark calls for 'significant changes' to apprenticeship levy

£1bn hike in council tax 'not enough to stop cuts to services'

Rogue landlords 'should face minimum £30,000 fine for housing offences'

More than 423,000 homes with planning permission waiting to be built - study